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EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens - What Have You Done?

Posted Apr 21, 2009 11:35 AM by Samuel Duke

Tags: soul, gospel

Let's take a step back from our usual guitar and beat-smeared mania to spend some time with Naomi Shelton, an Alabama-born singer who's been haunting the stages of New York soul clubs for close to forty years. Shelton and her back-up singers, The Gospel Queens, are prepping a new full-length for Brooklyn's Daptone Records, friends of Mark Ronson and leaders of a growing authentic soul renaissance. Shelton's lenghty and well-worth-the-read biography can be viewed at her artist page, so let's focus on "What Have You Done?," our exclusive peek at the LP. There's the usual sizzling B3 and gritty tape hiss we've come to expect from Daptone's throwback recording styles, but Shelton's voice properly grabs all the attention here, every bit as brawny and indicting as her story would have you believe. Grab the MP3, read the bio while it's on (throw the song on repeat if you have to) and keep an eye out for the album, What Have You Done, My Brother?, due May 26th.

Sounds like: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Patti LaBelle, Mark Ronson

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