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CD Review: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, “I Learned the Hard Way”

Ken Shane April 5, 2010 5

Retro-soul is a musical style in which contemporary artists attempt to recapture the sound and feel of the great soul music of the ’60s and early ’70s. Musical touchstones include the sounds of Motown,

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CD Review: The Revelations featuring Tre Williams, “Deep Soul”

Ken Shane February 18, 2009 6

I love soul music in each and every one of its glorious permutations, so it’s been gratifying for me to listen as a new generation of soul masters has taken the spotlight in the

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