From the heart: Daptone present Orquesta Akokán
I was lucky enough to hear a little of this courtesy of Neal Sugarman when he played Band On The Wall
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The final album / Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings: Soul Of A Woman
So here it is. I was playing a gig with Neal Sugarman (head honcho of Daptone Records) at the back
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New music / The Frightnrs: More To Say Versions
The Frightnrs’ 2016 debut album Nothing More To Say garnered strong reactions across the board, the first reggae long player
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On Wax / Antibalas: Where The Gods Are In Peace on Daptone Records
12 piece Brooklyn madness from one of the best modern ‘classic’ Afrobeat bands around. Out on Daptone Records September 15,
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Groovement Podcast: Agent J – Where Do We Go From Here? ft Lee Fields
Lee Fields joins me in conversation, so I thought I’d make it a soul special. Pic credit: AkseP19 @ Gorilla,
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Miss Sharon Jones: Daptone Queen’s story on the silver screen
Exciting news from the Daptone stable – I’ve been waiting for this film to drop since I first heard about
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On Wax // Charles Bradley: Changes {Dunham / Daptone}
The brand new album from the esteemed Charles Bradley has finally dropped, the culmination of a big and well-deserved build up
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Video & Vinyl // Charles Bradley: Change For The World (Dunham Records)
#CHARLESFORCHANGE From his brand new album Changes, a psych-VHS video for the lead single – in fine form as always.
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Preview // Daptone’s Walker Family Singers: Jesus Gave Me Water
The third vocal gospel acapella album from Daptone, following two amazing LPs from The Como Mamas. Find out more about
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Daptone Gold Volume II
Daptone Records knock one out the park again with their new release compiling 21 45-only plus unreleased tracks. There are
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New 45: The Budos Band, Magus Mountain b/w Vertigo (Daptone)
New funk opus from the relentless Budos crew, with a psych bend as per usual from these guys. Monstrous. If
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Saun & Starr line up album debut Look Closer for Daptone
Great news out of the Daptone camp this evening with the announcement of the debut full length, alluded to in
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Video: Horror mash-up from The Budos Band – Aphasia
From the new LP Burnt Offering, available now! The next issue of Now Then Manchester (the first digital only issue)
Read morePreview: CHARLES BRADLEY // VICTIM OF LOVE {DUNHAM RECORDS}
I’m very excited for the release of Charles Bradley’s new long player, and Daptone/Dunham have made pre-orders available now (or here
Read moreListen: 3 TITANS College (w/MENAHAN ST BAND)
Such an ace couple of tunes on Daptone offshoot DUNHAM RECORDS – click on a pic to listen, available at
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