Soul Sides — My friend Jeff Chang says, “don’t despair, create” so here’s my contribution for this holiday week: a simple mix based around 15 of my favorite Sharon Jones and Dap-Kings’ songs. Annotated tracklisting: 1. Sharon Jones: Hook N Sling Mee... more info

Popdose — A light that burned brightly was extinguished when Sharon Jones died last week more info

JamBase — Watch a highlight of a 2008 performance by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings on 'Austin City Limits.' more info

New York Times — Even as she fought cancer, the singer Sharon Jones lived for the stage as a powerful, soulful presence. From legendary theaters to sweltering Midwest venues, she gave it her best. more info

AllHipHop — DID DONALD TRUMP'S ELECTION HELP SPEED UP SHARON JONES' DEATH? more info

Stereogum — Sharon Jones wasn’t supposed to happen. She’d tried. She’d tried again and again. As a teenager, she’d sung at talent shows around New York City, where she’d grown up in desperate poverty. She’d sung backup on other people’s records. Sh... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A weekly round-up of must-hear music from Times staffers. This week’s edition focuses on holiday music, from a should-be classic from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and a new release from young country star Kacey Musgraves.   Kacey Musgr... more info

JamBase — Sharon Jones stole the show at a pair of 2015 tributes to the music of David Byrne and Talking Heads with this riveting cover of "Psycho Killer." more info

Cross Rhythms — R&B and funk singer Sharon Jones dies in New York aged 60 more info

Soul Sides — My readers know how much I respected Sharon Jones and adored the music her and the Dap-Kings recorded. I can’t say her death last Friday was a shock – we all knew her cancer had come back and was very aggressive – but it felt unbearably crue... more info