unstoppable Sharon Jones, with five albums and a run of singles that have sold well over half a million copies, plays Glasgow’s ABC on Friday (24/10) and ravechild has been given two tickets to this show along with a signed copy of her new album, Give The People What They Want.
To win just send an email under the header Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Competition with your name and contact address to iain.dawson@ravechild.co.uk.
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings continue to headline festivals and sell out shows across the globe, all without ever having a radio hit.
It wasn’t always this way: in the early years the band overcame every hardship on the road imaginable – from tornadoes and volcanoes, to flat tires and Mississippi sheriffs.
However, the greatest challenge for everyone came this past spring when Sharon was diagnosed with cancer.
After several months of recovery and love and support from family, friends and fans, the Queen of Soul is back.
At 58, Jones finds herself no stranger to hardships and heartbreak; growing up before the Civil Rights Movement and raised midst the brutality of sixties and seventies Brooklyn marked with blows of racism and poverty.
She battled rejection by a record industry obsessed with fitting artists into their skinny, young, light-skinned mould, working days as an armed guard at the notorious Riker’s Island Correctional Facility.
At last she hit it off with a remarkable group of passionate young musicians whose tight, tough sound fit her voice like a glove. From that chance studio session Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings were born.
Along with new friends The Dapettes, the band have created their strongest record yet.
From the relentless stomping entrance of ‘Retreat!’, the bounce of the anthemic ‘We Get Along’, and the irresistible syncopations of ‘Stranger to My Happiness’, straight through to the intoxicating groove of ‘Slow Down, Love’.
It is also arguably the most impressive studio work to date from Grammy-winning engineer and Daptone co-owner Gabriel Roth (aka Bosco Mann) all written and recorded at Daptone’s analogue “House Of Soul” studio/headquarters in the heart of Bushwick, Brooklyn where Sharon herself wired the electrical outlets.
Supported on the night comes from Lee Fields and the Expressions and, new Daptone Records signing, Saun & Starr, tickets for the show retail at £25.
