Posted on: August 14, 2015 Posted by: L Rogers Comments: 0

Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings are here to help music fans get into the holiday spirit. The band will provide a soulful soundtrack to the holidays this year with new album It’s A Holiday Soul Party, out November 20th on Daptone Records.  “Miss Sharon Jones” Toronto Film Festival To Premiere Documentary On The Dynamic Singer, Directed By Academy Award Winner Barbara Kopple

Kicking off with “8 Days (Of Hanukkah)” – the band’s ode to The Festival of Lights – the 11-song set of original and classic holiday songs is the group’s first holiday record and follows their Grammy-nominated 2014 album Give The People What They Want. It’s A Holiday Soul Party is available for pre-order now (http://radi.al/ItsAHolidaySoulParty) and includes two Instant Grat tracks: new song “Big Bulbs” and their classic holiday song “Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects.”

There is no other band around today that plays with the rhythm, feeling, or explosive power of the Dap-Kings. Since releasing their first album in 2002, the band has performed all over the world, and Sharon and the Dap-Kings have collaborated with some of music’s biggest names including David Byrne, Rufus Wainwright, Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson,

In addition to the new album, the Toronto International Film Festival just announced that documentary “Miss Sharon Jones” is set to premiere at the esteemed festival on Friday, September 11. Directed by Academy Award Winner Barbara Kopple, the film follows the dynamic frontwoman through her 2013 battle with cancer, and her triumphant return to the stage around the release of Give The People What They Want.

It’s A Holiday Soul Party – Track Listing
01 – 8 Days (Of Hanukkah)
02 – Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects
03 – White Christmas
04 – Just Another Christmas Song
05 – Silent Night
06 – Big Bulbs
07 – Please Come Home For Christmas
08 – Funky Little Drummer Boy
09 – Silver Bells
10 – World Of Love
11 – God Rest Ye Merry Gents

Pre-Order via iTunes – http://radi.al/ItsAHolidaySoulParty

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