<p>These days you’d get <a id="AdBriteInlineAd_laughed" style="cursor: pointer; color: #006600; text-decoration: none; background: url(http://files.adbrite.com/mb/images/green-double-underline-006600.gif) repeat-x scroll center bottom transparent; margin-bottom: -2px; padding-bottom: 2px;" name="AdBriteInlineAd_laughed" target="_top">laughed</a> out of an A&R’s office if you used the word, “funk,” and “soul,” in the same sentence.</p><p>And let’s be honest, <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/04/robin-thicke-when-i-write-my-best-the-soul-is-undeniable.html" target="_blank">artists have been using the word” soul</a>” migh-ty loosely for perhaps the past decade.</p><p>But with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, it’s almost a reserved description. We don’t really know what to call this vocal powerhouse backed by a <a id="AdBriteInlineAd_band" style="cursor: pointer; color: #006600; text-decoration: none; background: url(http://files.adbrite.com/mb/images/green-double-underline-006600.gif) repeat-x scroll center bottom transparent; margin-bottom: -2px; padding-bottom: 2px;" name="AdBriteInlineAd_band" target="_top">band</a> of precision horses.</p>