Watch The Budos Band & Sugarman 3 live at The Apollo

See the Budos Band rip through "The Sticks" followed by The Sugarman 3 doing "Witch's Boogaloo" below. 

The Daptone Super Soul Revue: Live at The Apollo 3LP is available right here. 

LaRose Jackson steps up with "How Did I Get Here?"

Brooklyn's LaRose Jackson – last heard duetting with Charles Bradley – released her Dunham label debut single today! 

Here's the scoop from Daptone HQ...

LaRose Jackson, who you may remember from the "Luv Jones" b/w "Change Change Change" single - her 2014 party-certified smash duet double-sider with the incomparable Charles Bradley - steps into the spotlight with her funky solo debut, "How Did I Get Here". Born and raised in Coney Island, Larose's rich timbre and assertive vocal delivery caught the attention of producer Tommy "TNT" Brenneck one night when he was in attendance at Charles Bradley's legendary "Black Velvet" show at Club Essence - where Jackson was a regular performer. 

LaRose's tough-as-nails delivery coupled with the infallible groove and sure-shot horn arrangement courtesy of the Menahan Street Band distills the track down to Soul in its purest form, without sacrificing any of the rawness one comes to expect from a TNT production. 

Get a copy of LaRose Jackson's "How Did I Get Here?" single with an instrumental version on the flipside via Bandcamp right here. Have a listen below. 

 

Charles Bradley's final album Black Velvet due November 9

Here's the scoop...
November 5th, 2018 would have been Charles Bradley’s 70th birthday. In celebration of his extraordinary life, Daptone imprint Dunham Records will release his fourth and final album, Black Velvet, on November 9th—featuring ten studio recordings never before included on any full length album.

Black Velvet is a celebration of Charles Bradley, lovingly assembled by his friends and family at Dunham/Daptone Records—including four entirely new tracks recorded during sessions from each of his three albums, heard here for the very first time in all their scorching glory. Though chronologically the material spans Charles' entire career, this is no anthology, greatest hits or other shallow rehashing of the songs that already made him famous. Rather, this album is a profound exploration through the less-travelled corners of the soulful universe that Charles and his longtime producer, co-writer and friend Tommy "TNT" Brenneck created in the studio together over their decade-long partnership.

Pre-order Black Velvet right here. Watch the video below for the lead single, "I Feel a Change" directed by Living On Soul’s Jeff Broadway & Cory Bailey.

Living On Soul screens @ Royal Cinema, Friday & Saturday

Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley and the whole Daptone Records family star in the Living On Soul documentary.

Field Trip w/ Charles Bradley @ Fort York's Garrison Stage, Sunday 4-5 pm

Hopefully the weather will be better by the time Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires hit the stage.

Charles Bradley vs. Ozzy Osbourne

Check out Charles Bradley's soulful rendition of Black Sabbath's Changes followed by the original. 

Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires @ Nathan Phillips Square, Tuesday

To get you ready for Charles Bradley's return to Toronto, here's a pro-shot show he did in Brussels last year.

See Charles Bradley @ Kool Haus tonight!

Check out Charles Bradley's sweet version of Heart Of Gold backed by TNT Brenneck.

See Charles Bradley @ The Phoenix Saturday

Grab a copy of Charles Bradley's dope new Victim Of Love album featuring "Confusion" below

Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band live on KEXP

Menahan Street Band preview new album

The Menahan Street Band, best known as Charles Bradley's backing group – whose song Make The Road By Walking was famously sampled for the track Roc Boys by Jay-Z thinking the Brooklyn ensemble's 2008 recording was some obscure funk 45 from the late 60s (d'oh!) – has announced their new album is finally finished and coming out in October.
In advance of the release of the forthcoming instrumental set called The Crossing, group leader Thomas "TNT" Brenneck has thoughtfully made available the album's title track which he describes as "music to an unreleased Sergio Leone western starring the Wu Tang set in 1992." Or conversely, like an El Michels Affair tune for a planned Wu Tang collabo shelved after a disagreement between the principle members. In any case, you can check it out right here

Charles Bradley documentary on the way

Just selected for the SXSW 2012 Film Festival, the documentary Charles Bradley: Soul of America depicts the extraordinary late in life rise of 62 year old aspiring soul singer Charles Bradley, whose long overdue debut album, No Time For Dreaming (Daptone), took him from a hard life of poverty, homelessness and tragedy and rocketed him onto Rolling Stone magazine's top 50 albums of 2011.
The film follows Charles from his 62nd birthday through the electrifying and transformative months leading up to his unprecedented debut, world tour and ultimate triumph over an impossible dream 48 years in the making. Check out the trailer below.
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires play Lee's Palace on Saturday February 11.

One For The Weekend: Charles Bradley

Here's the new video clip for Charles Bradley's stellar single The World (Is Going Up In Flames) backed by the Menahan Street Band. As previously noted, Bradley's ridiculously overdue debut album No Time For Dreaming is slated for release January 25 on Daptone's Dunham imprint.

Charles Bradley roars back with new single

In advance of Charles Bradley's long overdue debut album No Time For Dreaming (now scheduled for release January 25, 2011), Daptone's dependable Dunham subsidiary is putting out the motivational Joe Quarterman-penned title track as seven-inch single with the charging Farfisa-fired Golden Rule on the flip.

As with Bradley's previous Dunham scorcher The World (Is Going Up In Flames), both sides are produced by Dap-Kings guitarist Thomas "TNT" Brenneck featuring the instrumental support of his stone-solid Menahan Street Band with vocal enhancement provided by Daptone's own sweet singing Gospel Queens on loan from Naomi Shelton.
Before heading over to Daptone's online store to grab a copy for yourself, check out Mr. Bradley belting out No Time For Dreaming with the Menhan crew at Het Depot in Leuven, Belgium back in February. Some time-saving advice to diggers: Don't bother trying to track down Joe Quarterman's original recording of No Time For Dreaming – it was never issued.



No Time For Dreaming by Charles Bradley