LEON DINERO/ SCREECHY DAN: If You Ask Me/ Bandits (Vinyl 7″)

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VARIOUS: Daptone Gold II (2015)

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NAOMI SHELTON & THE GOSPEL QUEENS: Cold World (2014)

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SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS: Give The People What They Want (2014)

The release of the fifth studio LP by Sharon Jones The Dap Kings, was delayed last summer due to the small matter of the reigning queen of retro funk and soul having been diagnosed with cancer of the bile duct. As fans of Jones’ will know from her lyrics (not to mention live show banter), she’s not a lady to take any shit, even if the villain is a carcinoma. Having sent that packing…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

MENAHAN STREET BAND: The Crossing (2012) free download

Billed in the PR as “music to an unreleased Sergio Leone western starring the Wu Tang set in 1992”, The Crossing is the new one from Daptone Records’ mighty soul instrumentalists Menahan Street Band. Pedants might point out that Leone actually died in 1989 three years before the Wu-Tang’s first release to which the correct response is, “What? Are you some kind of cunt?” Anyway …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM