Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings are known as one of the most electrifying acts in contemporary music with their impassioned live shows and raw soulful studio recordings. I Learned the Hard Way is their fourth full-length record, and embraces a return to the traditional soul music sounds featuring Bosco Mann (bass player, bandleader, primary songwriter, co-founder of the Daptone Records) on lead production and traditional recording techniques like the eight-track. I Learned The Hard Way is warm and spontaneous – something rarely found in today’s soul music. Sharon Jones’ powerful vocals, rhythms, howling soulfulness, and melodic easily set her alongside Soul music greats Tina Turner, James Brown, Mavis Staples and Aretha Franklin. I Learned the Hard Way is a modern classic and definitely one of my favorite albums of 2010. – Written by JFelton
SIMILAR | Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Betty Davis, Eli “Paperboy” Reed, Ike & Tina Turner, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Mavis Staples, Sugarman Three