Sharon Jones made a surprise appearance last night at an Obama benefit held at Brooklyn, NY’s Southpaw. Billed as “The Daptone Family Fundraiser for Obama,” the evening’s confirmed acts included Daptone artists the Budos Band, Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, Honeydripper, TNT and Neal Sugarman. After a few onstage hints from the members of the Budos Band, Jones and the Dap-Kings emerged for a short stealth set hinged on politically-charged numbers such as “This Land Is Your Land.” Jones also endorsed Obama from the stage.

Jones is at home to perform at celebrity blogger Perez Hilton’s CMJ party this evening. The performance will take place at New York’s Highline Ballroom, also featuring appearances by Yo Majesty, Semi Precious Weapons, Lady Gaga and Hilton himself. Members of the Daptone family have been making the CMJ rounds for the past few days: Earlier this week, the Daptone DJs performed at a party held at Bowery Electric and the Dap-Kings backed Mark Ronson collaborator Daniel Merriweather at New York’s S.O.B’s.

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