Having trouble deciding what to do tonight to ring in the new year? If you’ll be around New York City, you may want to grab tickets to see Sharon Jones perform, two nights, at New York’s Best Buy Theater. At the beginning of this decade Jones was a Rikers Island prison guard. That all changed after she met bassist Gabriel Roth. The two founded a group called Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings; and today, nearly ten years later, the group has recorded hit records with Amy Winehouse, Sharon has toured the world with Lou Reed, and the Dap-Kings are widely lauded throughout the music industry for their magical ability to recreate the sound and soul of the 1960’s.
