Soul and funk singer Sharon Jones, who toiled in anonymity for years before finding stardom with her backing band the Dap-Kings, has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, the group announced on ...

During the final weeks of Sharon Jones’ life, and her prolonged battle with pancreatic cancer, she suffered a stroke while watching the presidential election, her bandmates said. Suggested Reading ...

Barbara Kopple’s Miss Sharon Jones! tells the kind of true story that makes you want to kick creation itself square in the crotch. Here’s that firecracker soul singer, nearing her 60s, her boogie ...

On this edition of Sounds Eclectic, host Nic Harcourt plays new, upcoming and recent releases from Kate Nash, Cat Power, and the latest from the B-52’s Plus a live in-studio performance from Sharon ...

I was a confused and generally miserable person crashing a couch in New York City. Ambitiously I was trying to record demo tracks for my new solo rock project Katterwaul. A friend gave me the keys to ...

In 2013, soul singer Sharon Jones was diagnosed with cancer and underwent a major operation and chemotherapy. Well, that didn’t slow her down much at all, as this documentary from director Barbara ...