JamBase — Next month President Barack Obama will host the first SXSL event on the White House lawn. more info

Consequence of Sound — The Lumineers, Sharon Jones, Leonardo DiCaprio, and the cast of Stranger Things are among the confirmed participants. more info

Stereogum — Earlier this month, the White House announced that they were teaming up with SXSW to bring a one-day miniature version of the festival to the White House’s south lawn. SXSL will take place 10/3, and today, the White House has announced some of the ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Also: Jesse Malin/Tommy Stinston, Frank Iero, Maxwell, Lucy Dacus, and more NYC shows on sale today. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings are currently on their tour with Hall & Oates and Trombone shorty which wraps up later this month. The band have a couple fall dates coming up, including two just-announced "Home for the Holidays" shows... Continue readin... more info

KEXP Seattle — This Labor Day weekend, the Northwest Film Forum presents the Seattle premiere of Miss Sharon Jones!, a documentary chronicling one of the most challenging years in the life of Sharon Jones (of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings). The film was directed by ... more info

Detroit Free Press — ‘The adrenaline gets you going and it all goes away,’ says soul singer, 60             more info

Stereogum — Theophilus London was arrested in New York City last night following a dispute with a cab driver, according to a series of tweets that the musician sent out yesterday. Apparently, London was on his way to see the new Sharon Jones documentary and, aft... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — CAMDEN, N.J. — The soul singer Sharon Jones, afflicted repeatedly with cancer but prone to vibrating as though possessed by James Brown's ghost, looked disconcertingly ill. Just behind a stage where about a dozen musicians from her band the... more info

New York Times — The soul singer, the subject of a new documentary that chronicles her career and cancer struggles, tells of a hard new turn in her story. more info