There's an article in EQ magazine on how they recorded the album a few months back.
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > I'm always searching for "real" music that's outside of the standard > hip-hip/finger poppin'/dance heavy stuff played on commercial radio (how > many times in one day can one stomach Beyonce Knowles, Lady Gaga, or > Bieber???) A while back I heard an interview on "Fresh Air" with a group > called Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. This group is amazing, with a sound > that hails back to the days of good old soul and funk. Jones has that rich, > raspy voice that lends itself to heartfelt, even painful renditions, and her > band sounds like something straight out of Stax records. They use > old-fashioned methods to record: real tapes, hand editing, actual acoustics > caused by the recording room instead of computer manipulations. Very, very > good stuff. Albums are on iTunes: I bought two straightaway after listening > to the NPR interview. > > Go to their web site to be treated to a listen to some of their latest > songs, which start playing automatically. The first song up is "I Learned > the Hard Way", which has a real old feel to it. Other recent songs you have > to seek out are "Humble Me" and the awesome "100 Days, 100 Nights", which > sounds as if it came straight off an actual record from the 60s. > > Two links below. The first is to their website, where you can hear some of > their songs. The second is to a great NPR SXSW showcase in Austin where > Jones' group was the headliner. There you can hear the entire gig they > performed, which is close to an a hour long. Highly recommended!! > > > http://www.sharonjonesandthedapkings.com/ > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124091931 > > > > >
