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One of the most talked about names on the lips of customers leaving last year’s Virgin Festival was Sharon Jones who, along with her Dap Kings, threatened to steal the show from the much more ballyhooed headliners. It would be easy to call her funky R&B sound “retro” but the appropriate description is probably “timeless.” We are so excited to be bringing her back to Baltimore May 7th. Her story, well chronicled here in a 2007 Village Voice feature, features enough conflict and strife for a James Brown-meets-Rocky style underdog pic. Really, though, dramatics aside, all you really need to know is that this lady can sing. I mean really sing, and she’s backed by a group of guys cool enough to give the Reservoir Dogs a run for their money. Showing is better than telling, of course and thanks to the gobizillions of videos online ,you don’t have to take my word for it. You can see for yourself a pretty good sample of this explosive live show below (courtesy of YouTube). See for yourself why you should take a chance on this show if you don’t it.