Phew... 27 pages. I'm'na have to go back and check everything out. It all sounds so amazing.
I must concur with Charles Bradley, Menahan Street Band and Lee Fields, to which I'll add El Michels Affair, Budos Band, and Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (members of the preceding three groups make up Menahan).
I've been on a neo-soul-and-funk kick recently; I've just been simmering in these groups' music and am looking forward to finding more music like it.
There is a local group that I'd like to plug by the name of the Old Tire Swingers. They're currently touring the southern portion of the US after a brief stint in the UK. Neat little bluegrass group.