Sorry I haven't been posting, but I've been busy...
You see, I've been listening to Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings. And no, I didn't "discover" her/them by listening to "Fresh Air" on NPR---barf. This group is sort of like a way way cool, way way way authentic, and way more soulful Amy Winehouse, without the drugs and barfing and 'tude. "100 Days, 100 Nights" is so damned unique and good, but don't listen to me. Here's the take from the music cognoscenti at Rhapsody: "Maybe there's something anachronistic about a band that plays funk music in the 21st century as if Parliament (let alone hip-hop) had never happened. It does sound like Sharon Jones could have cut her record in 1967, not 2007. But when the music's this good, those concerns fly out the window. Jones pours everything she's got into this album, and her gruff, passionate, brassy style grabs you by the collar and doesn't let go until the end. The Dap-Kings restrain themselves behind her, shuffling and jangling but leaving her plenty of space to maneuver on a clutch of good, if not great, songs." 
