The Audiophiliac drops by Daptone Studios and gets an earful. I recently contacted Daptone producer/engineer Wayne Gordon to see how the magic happens, and when I arrived my first order of business ...

The Aug. 21, 2026, stop of The Constellation Tour at Dillon Amphitheater in Dillon, CO, brought together three acts with ...

Daptone Records and the Helsinki, Finland-based soul label Timmion Records teased their upcoming compilation, Bad Education, with a beautifully beseeching new song, “Until You’re Mine,” from Wanda ...

You may remember back in 2014, Sharon Jones and Charles Bradley (both of whom we’ve lost in the last year), along with others, played the three-night Daptone Super Soul Revue at The Apollo in Harlem.

Orquesta Akokán brought U.S. and Cuban musicians together in a venerable Havana studio for the Brooklyn label's first all-Spanish recording By Judy Cantor-Navas Daptone Records has tapped into Cuban ...

As previously reported, Brooklyn’s Daptone Records will release its 100th 45rpm single later this month, and today the label shares the A-side to the release, “Hey Brother (Do Unto Others),” which ...

There wasn’t a dry champagne flute at the Apollo Theater. On December 5th, 2014, Daptone Records’ Super Soul Revue had gathered most of the Brooklyn-based independent label’s acts together for the ...

Cochemea Gastelum was a longtime saxphonist in Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, and he’s also worked with Paul Simon, Amy Winehouse, David Byrne, St. Vincent, The Roots, Beck, and many others, and he ...

The Mystery Lights, Wick Records’ first signing, aim to channel the soul that worked wonders for Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley and Amy Winehouse You can almost feel the beating heart of 131 Troutman ...

Brooklyn, New York’s scrappy Daptone label was riding high in December of 2014. So much so that they brought many of their artists together for a three-night sold-out stand at New York City’s ...