Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings have been putting out old school soul music for a decade. Steeped within the gilded and gritty sounds of gospel, soul and funk, this nine-piece Brooklyn collective pumps out an authentic, funly sound.

This spring the band releases I Learned the Hard Way. Produced by Bosco Mann and recorded on an Ampex eight-track tape machine by Gabriel Roth in Daptone Records' House of Soul studios, the record drips with a warmth and spontaneity rarely found since the golden days of Muscle Shoals and Stax. Sharon's raw power, rhythmic swagger, moaning soulfulness, and melodic command set her firmly alongside Tina Turner, James Brown, Mavis Staples, and Aretha as a fixture in the canon of soul music. From the lush Philly-Soul fanfare that ushers in "The Game Gets Old" at the top of the record, to the stripped down Sam Cooke-style "Mama Don't Like My Man" at the tail, the Dap-Kings dance seamlessly through both the most crafted and simple arrangements with subtlety and discipline. I Learned the Hard Way is the "Daptone Sound" at its best.

Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott are Lady Antebellum

The critically acclaimed trio, co-wrote and produced songs together with veteran producer Paul Worley and some of Music Row's most awarded songwriters. Need You Now is the group's second release, already spending 5 consecutive weeks on the US country singles charts and creeping towards pop crossover status. Alternately sweet & delicate and rambuctiosly rowdy, the new CD will serve many musical masters while being ensnared by none. And they even showed up on American Idol last week, so the crossover continues.

Norah Jones releases a brand new video for the song "Young Blood" from hew CD 'The Fall' this week!

Norah has taken a new direction on the 'The Fall' , experimenting with different sounds and a new set of collaborators, including Jacquire King, a noted producer and engineer who has worked with Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, and Modest Mouse among others. Jones enlisted several songwriting collaborators, including Ryan Adams and Okkervil River's Will Sheff, as well as her frequent partner Jesse Harris. Sghe also put together a new group of musicians to perform on the album, including drummers Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.) and James Gadson (Bill Withers), keyboardist James Poyser (Erykah Badu, Al Green), and guitarists Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello) and Smokey Hormel (Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer). Get all the news on her web site.