100 DAYS, 100 NIGHTS - SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS
You may remember Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings from such records as Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black,” where they served as the house band for half the songs; Mark Ronson’s “Version” (where they were nearly everywhere); or a great cover of “This Land Is Your Land.” But while those projects lifted soul to the present, this record is all about the past. “100 Days, 100 Nights” is a scruffy set of funk/soul whose reviews will set indoor records for use of the term “old-school.” The band’s reverence for its source material — all horns, Stax/Volt soul and he-done-me-wrong lyrics — occasionally gets so close that it’s more clone than homage. But there’s no denying the power of Jones’ brutal, Aretha-ish voice.
