Meet the New Soul Stirrers!

What’s the difference between nu-soul and old soul? Terminology of course!

Sharon Jones, at right, is proof of that thesis: She’s been around for awhile. It’s just us that have finally jumped back on the soul train.

With this in mind, Metromix and I came up with a list of kickass soul stars young and old currently making life interesting in an otherwise boring musical landscape soaked with lamer derivatives. Read up!

Meet the New Soul Stirrers

[Scott Thill, Metromix]
Sharon Jones: Born in 1956 and kicking ass ever since, this New York superheroine is currently spearheading the soul revivalist movement across genre lines.

Whether with with her drum-tight backup band the Dap-Kings or moonlighting as a collaborative chanteuse with artists as different as Phish and Michael Bublé, Jones has invigorated the new school with flawless performance and ferocious delivery.

She’s already huge, but expect to hear much more from her and the Dap-Kings after their third effort, “I Learned the Hard Way,” drops in April.
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[Mo Herms, Morphizm]
More like a combination of both. Sharon Jones calls herself “the female James Brown,” but she definitely channels the spirit, energy, and natural soul that gets booties shakin’. Her performances are exhaustive events: She dances (shoes off and on, depending) constantly, brings men up onstage to sass them mercilessly, jokes at length between songs, brings enthusiastic audience members up to dance with her, interacts seamlessly with her band of finely dressed young men. Let’s just say the show goes on. And on. And she loves it; it’s evident in every note, hand-flip and hip-shake. And her audience vibes off her every move, all over the world.
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