To all Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings fans, we’re sad to announce that plans for the band to tour and release their upcoming album in 2013 have been postponed. Unfortunately, the Queen of Soul, Sharon Jones, has been diagnosed with stage-one bile duct cancer. The silver lining is it has thankfully been caught early and hasn’t spread. Sharon is getting ready to go into surgery, but because of its complex nature, she will naturally need some time to recover.
Even though Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings will be out of commission for a while, you better believe they’ll be back on the road to promote their new album, Give The People What They Want before you know it. Sharon is very anxious to get back on her feet, and she wants all her fans to know that she is “down, but not out!”
Everyone here at The Orchard wishes her a speedy recovery, and we cannot wait until she and the Dap-Kings are back in top shape sharing their awesome music! Stay tuned for updates, and in the meantime, enjoy the first single from the album so far, “Retreat.”
Five years ago today, we launched this blog to share artist news as we grew our roster of Interactive Marketing campaigns. We quickly evolved The Daily Rind into a vital piece of our corporate content marketing strategy, focusing on client communication, Orchard news, tips for navigating the digital landscape, op-eds on industry topics, and yes, artist news. All of this through the eyes of my very talented co-workers, who we continuously pester for more posts.
In honor of our five year mark, here are some of our favorite Daily Rind moments :
2008
Sharon Jones on Austin City Limits, Grammy Consideration by Tonia Samman
2009
Getting Social: The Orchard is on Facebook! and Let’s Twitter! by James Volpe
2010
Streaming vs P2P (Round #543324): Why Does Spotify Feel So Much Faster? by Nathan Thompson
Honorable mention to a republished Billboard piece: Billboard Op-Ed by Scott Cohen (Our Co-Founder and VP): LESS BEGETS MORE by Scott Cohen
2011
SoundCloud: So…About Just Sending Out That MP3? by Robbie Mackey
Honorable mention for a catchy song and catchy topic: Ai Se Eu Te Pego: When Music + Soccer Collide by Celia Saez
2012
Indie Artist Makes a Killing from Streaming – Yep, You Heard Right. by Chris Duncan (this was reposted by Hypebot)
Honorable mention for being our sixth most read post of all time: The Most Valuable Thing You Don’t Know About YouTube’s Business Model by Doug Shineman
Thank you to all our writers, readers and sharers throughout the years. As always, let us know via comments if there are topics you’d like us to cover in the future.
Make sure you catch the one and only Ms. Sharon Jones tonight on “Live From Daryl’s House” at 8pm EST. “Live From Daryl’s House” is a free monthly webisode featuring Daryl Hall and friends. Those friends have included Smokey Robinson, Todd Rundgren, Chromeo, Matt Nathanson, and a lot more. Sharon will be belting out a seven-song set including “Do What You Want, Be, What You Are” and “It’s Uncanny,” a Sly and the Family Stone cover of “Hot Fun”. You don’t really want to miss this!
Jump on over to Mevio and check out the making of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings’ fourth LP I Learned The Hard Way. The video details the creation of the hit new album, and a behind the scenes look at the band. There is also an interview with Dap-Kings bandleader/album producer, the legendary Gabriel Roth.
The Making of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings’ I Learned The Hard Way on Mevio.com
http://www.mevio.com/channels/?cId=883239&mId=8035441
Or watch it after the jump.
Having just announced that their fourth vintage soul masterpiece, I Learned The Hard Way, will be hitting stores on April 6th, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings are offering fans the chance to win tickets to their April 30th release party at NYC’s legendary Apollo Theatre. At 3:00 EST today, Daptone Records will tweet a message about the show from their Twitter account. Fans should retweet Daptone’s message to their followers, and they’ll automatically be entered to win. Daptone will then draw a random winner today at 5:00 PM EST. Today’s promotion also launches the beginning of an ongoing Daptone Twitter giveaway club, so from now until street date fans can get their hands on additional exclusive material by following the label.
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings’ October 2007 Apollo performance wowed fans and critics alike, who hailed it as the return of soul.
