Toronto Jazz Festival Day One: SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS

The soul continued to flow at the Toronto Jazz Fest last night when Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings took to the mainstage. The Dap-Kings are best known for backing Amy Winehouse on her monster hit Rehab and one of my personal favourites from Winehouse's canon, You Know I'm No Good.


They provided a truly funky danceable backdrop for Jones to colour with her powerhouse vocals and vibrant stage presence. It was a treat to see the kind of enthusiasm that Jones and the Dap-Kings inspire in an audience. Folks were dancing, storming the stage and singing along. Many crying cathartic tears when Jones paid tribute to Michael Jackson with a rousing rendition of the Jackson Five fave I Want You Back.


A Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings show isn't a concert as much as it is an event, a happening. If you ever have the opportunity to catch them live, I'd suggest taking it, and putting on your party pants and your dancing shoes. You're going to need them.

For more information on Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings visit their website:http://www.daptonerecords.com/