Old Sounds, New Music: Sharon Jones and Jimi Hendrix

Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings are unabashedly old school and they do it exceptionally well. It’s soul with horns and tempo and hurt and sometimes a little humor too. If you haven’t heard them before check out their great record, 100 Days, 100 Nights. We missed their sold out show at Variety Playhouse a couple of years ago, but we can redeem ourselves because they will be at Atlanta’s Center Stage on May 13.

Their fourth full length on Daptone Records, I Learned the Hard Way, will be available on April 6. This is the new song from that release.

Listen: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – I Learned The Hard Way

Despite the fact that about one bazillion Jimi Hendrix records have been released since his untimely death in 1970, a new “lost record” has been discovered and will be released on March 9. It’s called Valleys of Neptune and it features the Band of Gypsys line-up of the Hendrix trio not the original Experience line-up.

In what might be a surprise to some, you can catch Experience Hendrix live at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on March 27 with a line-up featuring Billy Cox (Band of Gypsys) and including Joe Satriani, Jonny Lang, Eric Johnson, Susan Tedesci, and Brad Whitford of Aerosmith – all of whom presumable will take turns filling in for the legend himself. This is video for the title track to Valleys of Neptune.