Long-running British soul revivalist James Hunter will release his new James Hunter Six album on Daptone this March, and you can hear lead single ”I Can Change Your Mind” now.
Holy Hive -- whose members have worked with Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley, and others -- are releasing a full-length album on Big Crown Records in 2019, but first they've got a two-song 7" including a cover of The Invincibles' 1968 song ”This Is My Story.” The video prem…
The Sha La Das are led by Bill Schaldas, who was a member of Brooklyn vocal group The Montereys in the 1960s, and he's joined by his three sons. Their debut album features members of The Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley's band, and the Menahan Street Band...
Brooklyn Afrobeat vets Antibalas released Where the Gods Are Peace via Daptone last fall -- their sixth album and first in five years. It found them in top form and you can stream the whole thing below. The ensemble have tour dates starting this month in Washington, DC and have two Brooklyn shows wi…
Filmed at the three-night Daptone Super Soul Revue at The Apollo in Harlem in 2014, documentary/concert film Living on Soul will be the next installment of the BV-Presented "Music Driven" series at Nitehawk Cinema.
Earlier this year, there was a benefit show in Brooklyn for Dan Klein, frontman of Daptone-signed Queens band The Frightnrs, who was battling A.L.S. Dan sadly passed away at age 33 in June. A NY Times profile offered more details...
British R&B/soul singer James Hunter has been at it since his 1996 debut album ...Believe What I Say, and now he's signed to Daptone Records, who released his new album H......