Sugarmen 3, Sharon Jones, Lee Fields & other funk-soul revivalists?

i love Poets of Rhythm. "Discern/ Define" is more stoned out funk than just straight 45 funk sound. they rereleased a comp of old stuff from 93-95 that's good, but isn't as great. falls too much into that jb's sound.

their side project Whitfield Brothers is kinda cool. some amazing songs, but some of the stuff just wanders aimlessly.

it is, for sure, but done really well... sounds like one of the old live at the apollo records. still kinda limiting though

Sharon Jones is convincing!

A rough week or two for these guys- office is burglarized, former guitar player dies in plane crash.

Didn't they have lots of old-school analog equipment and stuff in their space? Where in Brooklyn are they? That's sad about the guitarist.

My understanding was that it was office not studio that was burglarized, but I could be wrong. Guitar player was the Chuck Mangione guy, the one who grew up in the DC area.

Hm, I guess that was not right. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/arts/music/18arts-DAPTONERECOR_BRF.html

though it hoped to reopen by Friday for a planned recording session for Rod Stewart.

really enjoying much of this new sharon jones and the dap-kings album, and i'm not a big fan of the soul revivalists (and i haven't been a huge fan of SJATD-K's, either).

Just saw SJADK in Boston and have to echo the above - not normally my thing but they are totally convincing. The horn section is rock solid and hypnotic to look at. They took more than a few pages from James Brown's playbook but who cares? It's a damn good playbook and he's dead! They even did a bit of the classic JB's "Tighten Up".

See also (thread just revived, with more discussion, a week or two ago):

YOU LOVE IT: sharon jones & the dap kings - "naturally"

this song should be an alternate nat'l anthem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTy7ugrSFz4&feature=related

So I'm a week late and it's uk only (doh) but if any british ilxors see this in the next couple of hours, download this lovely documentary before it goes away from iplayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b02x8xnn/Charles_Bradley_Soul_of_America/

The scene where he's getting sharon jones to sign his record for him <3

so has anyone seen lee fields on his current tour?

i'll probably go see him regardless, but was just curious...

his latest album is fucking great.

Missed him. Still want to see him. He's on Facebook and commented on an obit I wrote for DC soul musician Al Johnson

From Chitlin Circuit Soul thread

I missed Lee Fields at the 930 Club last night (I was seeing Bale Folclorico de Bahia). He gets to play there because he has done things with Daptone. Thus, he has indie-rock cred with certain booking agents and fans, while Mel Waiters does not.

― curmudgeon, Friday, October 18, 2013 2

Just saw Sharon Jones & the Dapkings on a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in NYC. She sounded good

Charles Bradley is showing up on lots of Brit end of 2013 polls

might go and see Myron & E live next week, if anyone happens to have an opinion on them

http://www.spin.com/articles/curtis-harding-soul-power-burger-records-interview/

Still haven't listened to this Atlanta guitar-slinging retro soulster on Burger Records (who used to back Cee-lo). Just read about him in NY Times and elsewhere. He's in DC tonight

Missed the DC gig but read good things about it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=143&v=--nTlj66uRE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--nTlj66uRE

Lee Fields is great. He's been at it a long time.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/6509419/meet-leon-bridges-the-throwback-soul-star-to-be-who-won

Haven't heard this guy yet

i'm here for the jazz guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJOGT1axUV4

That is nice

i'm into that

Curtis Harding track was used for the season closer of Falcon and Winter Soldier, which I'm sure is going to blow his profile up. I certainly hadn't heard him until then, and then I checked out "Face the Fear" last night and I love this album.