Daptone celebrates 20 years of soulful music with the release of The Daptone Super Soul Revue "LIVE at the Apollo", featured here is Charles Bradley & his Extraordinaires and their performance of "Let Love Stand A Chance". 

Performed and recorded over three nights in front of a sold-out crowd at The World Famous Theater in Harlem, NY (December 4th - 6th, 2014), this album brings the electrifying performances that helped put Daptone on the map directly to your living room! Featuring live sets from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires, Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, Antibalas, The Budos Band, Menahan Street Band, Saun & Starr, The Sugarman 3, as well as our em-cee, Binky Griptite. This album is lovingly dedicated to the memory of our dear friends Sharon, Charles, Naomi, and Cliff.

The Daptone Super Soul Review - Live at the Apollo

Let Love Stand A Chance - Live at the Apollo

Charles Bradley - Let Love Stand a Chance (Live at the Apollo)

Always b/w Always (Instrumental)

The Frightnrs - Always

It is our distinct pleasure to announce the debut solo effort from Thee Sacred Souls' own Jensine Benitez. Anyone who has had the privilege to catch Thee Sacred Souls live is already well familiar with @jensinewildrose. On a nightly basis, when she gracefully steps into the spotlight for one of her solos, her mellifluous voice and commanding stage presence sends the crowd into a frenzy of adoration and unadulterated joy. With this single she enriches that charm with honeyed melodies set to floaty rhythms that are sure to have you bobbing your head with the windows rolled down.

"The Sparkle in Your Eyes," a vibey, mid-tempo mover that will have couples crowding dance-floors for decades to come.

Jensine Benitez - Sparkle In Your Eyes

It is our distinct pleasure to announce the debut solo effort from Thee Sacred Souls' own Jensine Benitez. Anyone who has had the privilege to catch Thee Sacred Souls live is already well familiar with @jensinewildrose. On a nightly basis, when she gracefully steps into the spotlight for one of her solos, her mellifluous voice and commanding stage presence sends the crowd into a frenzy of adoration and unadulterated joy. With this single she enriches that charm with honeyed melodies set to floaty rhythms that are sure to have you bobbing your head with the windows rolled down. "Ilusión de Amor" is a lilting lament sung en español about a forlorn lover whose deep, brooding sadness has left them yearning well beyond any hope of reconciliation.

Jensine Benitez - Ilusión De Amor

The Altons - Soon Enough

Anyone who has had the pleasure of seeing Vicky sing live knows she's one of the most talented singers in the game. Her presence and command on stage has the unique ability to make you feel like she's singing each and every note directly to you. Just being in her orbit for 30 min will have you walking away feeling like you've experienced something special. On this single Vicky flexes her range and writing chops with two deep, deep bluesy ballads of the highest calibre. "Love Don't Treat You Fair" is a tale of despair that creeps along like a long lost Little Willie John session for King. With "The Moment" Vicky delivers an incredibly soulful vocal (ala Etta James) that is so natural and classic it's hard to imagine it wasn't recorded 50 years ago. If bluesy soul is what you're after...look no further!

The Moment b/w Love Don't Treat You Fair

Vicky Tafoya - Love Don't Treat You Fair

The next single off the brand new release from Odelet!
and the whole massive PISCES PIE album dropping this May...

Pisces Pie

Whole

LYRICS

Up Up and Away

I went to pick em up
I went to stick em up
Thought I was missing something
Thought I had tripped on something
Instead I made it up
Instead I traded up
And now I’m really living
I think that this is given
Up Up Up Up and Away
Up Up Up Up and…
I went to pick em up
I went to stick em up
Thought I was missing something
Thought I had tripped on something
Instead I made it up
Instead I traded up
And now I’m really living
I think that this is given
Up Up Up Up and Away
Up Up Up Up and…
All I wanna do is
All I wanna do is
All I wanna do
All I wanna do is
All I wanna do is
Never ever ever ever ever miss
Out on you
All I wanna do is
All I wanna do is
Be in love
Love
Love

Raindance

Up up and Away

Up Up and Away

It’s about time someone put this cut on a 45!  As one of the most popular groups on today’s So-Cal soul scene, Thee Sinseers need little introduction. Their performance of “Seems Like” live at the Recordium went viral to the tune of over a million views, making them thee in-demand group for souldies parties up and down the coast. I heard they even played one party where the crowd wouldn’t let them leave the stage before playing “Seems Like” for the third time. When asked what song they wanted to cut for their Penrose session, singer, songwriter, and man-who-can-play-any-instrument, Joey Quiñones didn’t hesitate to answer, “We need a proper recording of that song.” And so it was done. In the candle-lit studio, the band delivered unto us a starkly intimate rendition, stripping the tune down to its underthings, and laying bare Joe Q’s euphonious exhortations.

#getmoreplays

Seems Like b/w Seems Like (Instrumental)

Thee Sinseers - Seems Like

Making his debut on Daptone Records, it brings us great pleasure to introduce the baddest new voice in the land, Napoleon Demps.  A Flint Michigan native, he grew up listening to Soul luminaries OV Wright, Willie Hutch and Sam Cooke, whose influence led Demps down a path to becoming an accomplished Soul singer himself - scoring his first hit at the age of 24 in the still thriving Southern Chitlin Circuit of the early aughts. Demps, having been a long time Daptone fan, connected with the Dap-Kings at a soundcheck at a Detroit nightclub for an impromptu rendition of “A Change is Gonna Come.” Bosco Mann was floored by his voice and swore they would meet again. Last year, with that sweet soulful voice still ringing in his ears, Mann would reconnect with Demps and bring him out to Penrose Recorders in Riverside, California to finally cut his first Daptone side. "Norma Jean" is a funky soul groover that lands somewhere between the nuanced big city sounds Chicago and Detroit were pumping out in the late '60s: think the grit of Twinight's houseband Pieces of Peace, kissed by the sophisticated Motor City production of Dave Hamilton or The Brothers of Soul and you're getting warm. Napoleon's smooth, commanding voice injects a je ne sais quoi that's wholly fresh, bypassing the affected trappings that plague many of today's singers. In short... Napoleon Demps is a Soul singer's Soul singer. Take a listen and hear for yourself!

Norma Jean b/w Norma Jean (Instrumental)

Napoleon Demps - Norma Jean

The second single off of the band's upcoming sixth studio album, Long in the Tooth. 

Stream/DL/Pre-Order: https://budos.ffm.to/litt.pbt

Long in the Tooth

The Budos Band - Gun Metal Grey

Brand new album "PISCES PIE" is out now!!!

Odelet is a multi-faceted artist born in Detroit MI, currently based on the west coast. Her unique writing draws inspiration from countless musical styles, dissolving the lines between genre. More than just a gifted singer and songwriter, Odelet is a producer writing and performing nearly all her own instrumentation. Her experimental form of music visuals have been selected for screening in more than fifty film festivals internationally and won numerous awards. This is truly an artist creating without boundaries.

Up Up and Away

ODELET

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