Sharon Jones and similar artists

Maya Killtron is a Canadian artist and multi-instrumentalist who blends soul with retro R&B inspirations in her new one "Bad Decisions." Written ...

I've been listening to Half the City non-stop since it came out in February. Somehow, I'd never seen what St. Paul & The Broken Bones&nb...

As the Los Angeles Times once stated, "conjuring the raw sound of Richie Havens and Sly Stone with the spirit of Mayer Hawthorne and Sharon Jones...

A few months ago, Black Milk quietly dropped a short project with a singer named Mel titled Burning Stones. Without much fanfare, the four-song EP boa...

I'm really liking this new single from Saundra Williams and Starr Duncan, two of the newest ladies on the Daptone label. In fact, they're known as the...

If you're looking for a piece of music that makes you want to shake your thang (yes, I said thang), Melbourne's Saskwatch have the perfect thang-shaki...

Last time we checked in with J.C. Brooks & The Uptown sound, they were hosting a sweaty dance party at the Hideout. In the year since, they've st...

We all love discovering new music, but too many "music junkies" fail to take the time to appreciate music's past. Soul/R&B music is defined by som...

Can we just take a second to appreciate how funky and fantastic Sharon Jones is?Anyone who attended the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival last month ...

The legendary Hideout in Chicago played host to a sweaty dance party in celebration of JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound's release of a new 7" single, ...

When the line-up for 2010 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival was first announced, I thought there had to be a joke somewhere, or hidden fee. Not even ...