Daptone Records Releases Claymation Video for Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings’ "Please Come Home for Christmas" (jambands.com)

Before soul queen Sharon Jones passed away last month after a long battle with cancer, her label, Brooklyn’s Daptone Records, made a new music video for Jones & The Dap-Kings’ “Please Come Home For Christmas” from their seasonal album It’s A Holiday Soul Party, which was released last year. Today, the video has been released, and, as the Daptone release notes, “the song‘’s heartbreaking sentiment now feels more powerful.”

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R.I.P. Sharon Jones

Sharon Lafaye Jones, singer and bandleader of the Dap-Kings passed away last night at the age of 60 after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. 

According to a report on Jones’ website, she passed away surrounded by her loved ones including her bandmates in the Dap-Kings. The family is asking that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the following organizations.

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Sharon Jones Reveals Cancer Return-Promises To Keep Fighting (Rolling Stone)

Sharon Jones was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2013, but the soul/funk singer beat the disease through invasive surgery and grueling chemotherapy, uniting with her band, the Dap-Kings, to record a new album — 2014's Give the People What They Want — and star in a documentary about her ordeal (Barbara Kopple's Miss Sharon Jones!). But during that doc's September 11th premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Jones announced that her cancer has returned. "I start chemo on Wednesday. But I'm gonna keep fighting. We got a long way to go," she said from the stage, Indiewire reports.


Read more of Ryan Reed's article @ Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sharon-jones-reveals-cancer-return-promises-to-keep-fighting-20150914#ixzz3ljsNqomj