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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

NPR’s SXSW 2010 Webcast Schedule: Local Natives, Sharon Jones, Spoon, Surfer Blood, The Walkmen

March 3, 2010
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NPR Music has rolled out its schedule of audio webcasts for SXSW 2010, including performances by Local Natives, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Spoon, Surfer Blood, The Walkmen, among others. Check it out:
Wednesday, March 17 – NPR Music’s Opening-Night Showcase At Stubb’s:
9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT: Visqueen
9:45 p.m. ET/8:45 p.m. CT: The Walkmen
10:45 p.m. [...]

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Charlottesville’s Jefferson Theater to Open Nov. 27th

November 14, 2009
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It has only been a few months since I made the move to Brooklyn from Charlottesville, so I thought I’d give a little Cville music shout-out. Although it’s a pretty small city, Charlottesville has always had a fairly bustling live music scene. But over the last few years, it had been marred by a [...]

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10KLF ‘09 | 10,000 Lakes Music Festival Lineup

April 14, 2009

The lineup for the 2009 10,000 Lakes Music Festival was announced a while back while we were still on hiatus, and they announced a few lineup additions late last week. The festival is set for July 22-25 back at Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, MN, the long-time site of the beautiful and intimate [...]

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Sharon Jones Closes Out Summerstage

August 27, 2008

It was a rare kind of August Sunday in New York City. Sunny, comfortable with no humidity in the air. A perfect day, as Central Park’s Summerstage wrapped up its 2008 schedule with a day of soul and funk.
We got to the park in time to hear the last couple of songs from [...]

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Sunday Free Show: Sharon Jones at Summerstage

August 16, 2008

Sunday is the final show of the 2008 Summerstage season. Wrapping up this twenty-third season of music are bands associated with Daptone Records, bearer of the torch of classic R&B. For the friendly price of nothing, you’re getting three Brooklyn based soul and funk bands, headlined by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings.

The show [...]

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From the Pit | Mountain Jam Photos from Day 2

June 10, 2008

Saturday was going to be a long day. We planned on getting to the mountain in time to see Sharon Jones, whose set began at 2:15 p.m., with plans to stay and see Dark Star Orchestra, whose set was scheduled to run until 4 a.m.
After blowing me away at Langerado 2007, I knew that [...]

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Mountain Jam 2008 | From the Mountain Recap and Photos, Day 2

June 1, 2008

Day Two of Mountain Jam was a bit stormy for a time, but before that it was warm and sunny. After the storms blew through there was nothing but a clear cool night.
The musical highlights for me can be summed up like this…Sharon Jones and Michael Franti.
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings have such fantastic [...]

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