Watch Sharon Jones & Charles Bradley videos from upcoming Daptone live at Apollo album
Daptone Records turns 20 this year, and in honor of the anniversary, the label will release The Daptone Super Soul Revue Live at the Apollo...
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The James Hunter Six releasing ‘Nick of Time,’ touring (stream a track)
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.
Daptone jazz artist Cochemea releasing a new LP (stream “Mitote” ft. Sunny Jain)
Cochemea was a longtime saxophonist in Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, and he also makes spiritual jazz on his own...
Holy Hive cover The Invincibles’ 1968 song “This Is My Story” for new 7″ on Big Crown
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…
Sha La Das (Daptone) releasing debut album ‘Love In The Wind’ (stream a track)
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...
Antibalas on tour, playing two Brooklyn shows with offshoot group Here Lies Man
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…
watch trailer for Daptone doc ‘Living on Soul'; see it at Nitehawk in Brooklyn w/ BV-prese…
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.
Mark Sultan (BBQ) shares new single “Believe Me” (listen), touring
Garage and soul guru Mark Sultan, who you may also know as BBQ, has a new single, "Believe Me," which is coming out in the near future as a 45...
The Frightnrs frontman passed away from ALS at 33; album coming out on Daptone
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...
The Mystery Lights releasing debut LP on new Daptone rock imprint (listen to “Follow Me Ho…
The Brooklyn garage rockers will also be touring in June.