Amy Winehouse sounds like she came out of some dank whiskey drowned nightclub from the 50s. Unfortunately, she isn't consistent and has a major drug problem.
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Keith Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I've never listened to Amy Winehouse. What's so good about her? Another > good singer who has an old school sound is Leela James > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B Smith" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, September 3, 2010 3:23:49 PM > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Waayyy OT: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings > > > > I like them in small doses but Sharon does the damn thing and their live > shows are epic. I liked at first Amy Winehouse but that crap of crowning her > the new face of soul music really galled me. She was just trend jumping like > a lot of other singers do and she blew up. > > Good recommendations from your e-mail. I'd add Soulive, Jamie Lidell, Joss > Stone(especially her work with Raphael Saadiq) and Cee-lo Green as folks you > might want to seek out. > > --- In [email protected] <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, Keith > Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > > > Enjoy! I got the following from a lady in response to the e-mail: > > > > FYI they have been around for quite a while...The Dap Kings moonlight as > the band for Amy Winehouse as well. If you like them and that retro soul > feel, also check out Raphael Saadiq, Rahsaan Patterson, and this young funky > white kid Mayer Hawthorne... > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@...> > > To: [email protected] <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Friday, September 3, 2010 2:20:02 PM > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Waayyy OT: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Keith! I'll have a look/listen as soon as I clear my table here > and pay some bills. > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@... > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody > hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > >
