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Perhaps you haven’t heard, but funk and soul are back. Oh, you say that they never left? Well, you’re probably right, but just in case you had any doubts about their livelihood, the Daptone 7 Inch Singles Collection, Vol. 2 should leave you comforted.

The digital-only compilation, which will be released on June 3, features 13 new hits from the Daptone roster, including notable bands like Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra and really notable bands like Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, who appear on the album with a cover of Kenny Rogers’ "I Just Dropped In to See What Condition My Condition Was In."

The tracklist below might just become your summer soundtrack.

Daptone 7 Inch Singles Collection, Vol. 2:

1. The Matador - The Mighty Imperials
2. Now That I'm Gone - Charles Bradley & The Bullets
3. Can't Stop Thinking About You - Charles Bradley
4. Could Have Been - Lee Fields
5. You Don't Know What You Mean (To a Lover Like Me) - Lee Fields and The Sugarman 3
6. How Long Do I Have To Wait For You (Instr.) - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
7. This Love Ain't Big Enough for the Two of Us - Charles Bradley & The Bullets
8. (She's Got) Twilight Eyes - Charles Bradley & The Bullets
9. I Just Dropped In to See What Condition My Condition Is In - Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
10. Stand Up - Lee Fields and The Sugarman 3
11. Stand Up Pt. II - Lee Fields and The Sugarman 3
12. Nervous Like Me - The Dap-Kings
13. Che Che Cole - Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra

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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings on MySpace

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Last time we checked in on Miss Sharon Jones and her Dap-Kings, they were heading out to perform a fairly hefty set of gigs. Now, the authors of this year's excellent 100 Days, 100 Nights (Paste's #45 album of the year, no less) are...heading out to perform another set of gigs. Pay attention, Floridians: Many of them are in your fair state. You too, Texas! Eventually, the new-soul crew might rest, but not for the next couple months. What can we say? They work hard for the money.

So hard for it, honey:

January
3 - For Lauderdale, Fla. @ Culture Room
4 - Jamcruise
17 - Washington, D.C. @ Black Cat
18 - Charlottesville, Va. @ Satellite Ballroom
19 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Variety Playhouse
21 - Orlando, Fla. @ The Social
22 - Tampa, Fla. @ Skipper's Smokehouse
23 - Tallahassee, Fla. @ Club Down Under
24 - New Orleans, La. @ House of Blues
25 - Houston, Texas @ Walters
26 - Austin, Texas @ Antone's
27 - Dallas, Texas @ Granada Theatre
29 - Lawrence, Kan. @ Granada Theatre

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DaptoneRecords.com
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings on MySpace
Paste: Sharon Jones Dap-Kings surprise with pre-tour show

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New Yorkers and regional citygoers who need a musical pants-kicking would be smart to dip into their lifeless, uninspired pockets for upcoming shows with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - one a free-with-album-purchase gig at Union Square's Virgin Mega-store on Oct. 2, the other at Harlem's Apollo Theatre on Oct. 6. We've been heralding this soul maven and her stellar Daptone house band for a while now, even as they parted ways to collaborate and tour hither and thither with Amy Winehouse, Lou Reed and others seeking authentic analog and/or attitude. Hopefully these bits and pieces have gradually amassed themselves upon your sensibilities. For a refresher, visit AOL to stream the group's new album 100 days, 100 Nights (to be released on Oct. 2, if you hadn't inferred).

Brooklynvegan's handing out some free tickets to the Apollo, which might be good to shoot for since there is an unfortunate spacial limit to the Virgin store's actual Mega-ness.

It's not quite 100 nights, but here are some tour dates:

October
2 - New York, N.Y. @ Virgin Megastore
6 - New York, N.Y. @ The Apollo Theatre
16 - Bordeaux @ Theatre Du Vigean
17 - Barcelona @ Sala Apolo Barcelona
18 - Lyon @ Ninkasi Kao
19 - Paris @ L’elysee Montmartre
20 - Nancy @ Jazz Pulsations Nancy
23 - Koln @ Alter Wartesaal
24 - Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique
25 - Holland @ Paradiso Upper Hall
26 - Hamburg, Germany @ Mandarin Kasino
27 - Berlin @ Bohannon Soul Club
30 - Weisbaden, Germany @ Schlachtof
31 - Wien @ Supersonic Festival

November
2 - Zurich @ JazznoJazz Festival 2007
3 - Nice @ Theatro Lino
9 - Cambridge, Mass. @ Middle East Underground
10 - Burlington, Vermont @ Higher Ground
11 - Montreal, Quebec @ La Tulipe Montreal
13 - Toronto, Ontario @ Lee's Palace
14 - Detroit, Mich. @ Magic Stick
15 - Chicago, Ill. @ Park West
16 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ First Avenue
17 - Milwaukee, Wis. @ Turner Hall
18 - Indianapolis, Ind. @ The Vogue
20 - Cleveland, Ohio @ Beachland Ballroom

December
1 - Solana Beach, Calif. @ Belly Up Tavern
4 - El Rey Theater Los Angeles, California
5 - Bimbo’s 365 Club San Francisco, California
7 - Portland, Ore. @ Doug Fir Lounge Portland, Oregon
8 - Seattle, Wash. @ Neumo’s
9 - Vancouver, B.C. @ Commodore Ballroom
10 - Bellingham, Wash. @ The Nightlight
15 - Washington, D.C. @ Black Cat

Related links:
DaptoneRecords.com
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings on MySpace
Paste: Sharon Jones to sing on the silver screen

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Let your eyes linger on the seductive soundboards, spinning tape and meticulous self-preening of Brooklyn’s Daptone studios in this three-minute glimpse into the making of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' 100 Days, 100 Nights, out October 2 on what else but Daptone Records.

Sadly, this video lacks substantial tomfoolery.

“Playing with Amy is cool, but playing with Sharon is an experience,” the Dap-Kings told Spinner after working with tabloid-ubiquitous British soulstress Amy Winehouse. “There is a lot spontaneous stuff going on with Sharon. You never know where she is going to go with a tune, so the band has to be right with her all the time.”

Download: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – “100 Days, 100 Nights”

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Self-proclaimed “Soul Sister No. 1” Sharon Jones is slated to make a big screen appearance in Denzel Washington’s upcoming Christmas-day film, The Great Debaters, an underdog drama based on a college professor in the 1930’s who inspired his students to form his African American institution’s first debate team and challenge Harvard. Jones will not be among those swapping rhetoric with preppie scum, however. Performing as juke joint singer Lila, she has a speaking part and is featured singing Lucille Bogan classic “That’s What My Baby Likes,” one of several songs she recorded for the soundtrack.

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings release their new album, 100 Days, 100 Nights Oct. 2 on Daptone Records. Four days afterward, they'll kick off their fall tour with a headlining show at the Apollo Theatre.

Full schedule:

October
6 - New York, N.Y. @ Apollo Theater

November
9 - Boston, Mass. @ Middle East
11 - Montreal, Quebec @ La Tulipe
13 - Toronto, Ontario @ Lee's Palace
14 - Detroit, Mich. @ Magic Stick
15 - Chicago, Ill. @ Park West
16 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ First Avenue
17 - Milwaukee, Wis. @ Turner Hall
20 - Cleveland, Ohio @ Beachland Ballroom

December
1 - San Diego, Calif. @ Belly Up Tavern
4 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Venue: To Be Confirmed
5 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Bimbo's 365 Club
7 - Portland, Ore. @ Doug Fir Lounge
8 - Seattle, Wash. @ Neumo's
9 - Vancouver, B.C. @ Commodore Ballroom
10 - Bellingham, Wash. @ The Nightlight

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Daptone Records: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Sharon Jones on MySpace
IMDB: The Great Debaters

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Apparently, something about Augusta, Georgia breeds boundless energy in the few successful musicians connected to the golf-centric city. Sharing the zeal of late former resident James Brown’s paramount, sweaty-browed workaholism, native Sharon Jones, and her band the Dap-Kings have played 267 shows in 14 countries since the release of 2005’s Naturally.

Jones and the Dap-Kings will release their third Daptone Records full-length, 100 Days, 100 Nights on September 25. The dedicated soulstress has been a staple of the New York funk scene since she moved to Brooklyn as a teenager during disco’s prime years and began back-up work for gospel and blues artists.

Since her first full-length with the Dap-Kings in 2002, a spectrum of artists with seemingly little-else in common have called her up to collaborate (Rufus Wainwright, They Might Be Giants), sample (Jurassic 5, Kanye West) and tour (Lou Reed).

Jones claims if you can’t feel her music, “you must be a dead ass!” Fans and newcomers can check their pulses at the American Roots Festival in Brooklyn on July 14 and the Cisco Ottowa Bluesfest on July 15.

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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings on MySpace

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