Joss Stone

Angelique Kidjo’s myspace page is announcing the premiere of the video for her cover of Gimme Shelter with Joss Stone. The video will premiere on Yahoo Music on Wednesday.

Joss is helping out with the North Devon Gazette and Amigos charity “Design a Christmas Card” competition. Joss will autograph the cards of the winning artists for them to keep.

Joss is also to switch on the Christmas lights in Barnstaple on November 18. The lighting is the culmination of “Amigos month” with the aim of raising as much money as possible for the local charity. As well as sponsoring the education of more than 100 orphans, the team of North Devon volunteers need to raise 25,000 Euros to complete phase one of a new farm training school in Uganda.
Joss is a big supporter of the Amigos Charity.

Joss is no stranger to the needs of Africa, she sang at last the live8 concert and also on the now famous Christmas number one ‘Do they know it’s Christmas time’. Joss said “I think any group of people putting there lives aside to help others deserves support. Amigos is doing just that and doing a really great job of it. There are so many people living in Africa who are hardly living at all. It just seems so unnecessary.”

Read more about her involvment.

Source: Devon 24

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Joss appeared in the television show American Dreams back in 2005. Joss is singing ‘Right to be Wrong’ from her second album ‘Mind Body & Soul’

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There is a new album coming out next week featuring collaborations with current stars and the legendary Dean Martin, who died in 1995.

From the press release

To honor Martin’s broad appeal and countless contributions to modern entertainment via his legendary music, stage, film and television career, many of the world’s top artists have recorded new collaborative tracks with him for a new album titled Dean Martin: Forever Cool. To be released worldwide in CD and deluxe CD/DVD packages and digitally on August 14 by Capitol/EMI, Forever Cool’s 14 tracks pair Martin’s original vocals with new arrangements and an all–star group of collaborators in a salute to the unparalleled talent and charisma of the man known around the world as Dino.

Among other collaborators, Kevin Spacey, saxophonist Dave Koz, “American Idol” finalist Paris Bennett, country music star Martina McBride, French The new album swings, swaggers, rocks, rolls and whispers, gently closing with a previously unreleased a cappella version of “Lullaby” sung by Martin.

CLICK HERE FOR FULL PRESS RELEASE

This is one of my favorite Joss Stone TV appearances. At the 2005 Grammy Awards, she performed a few Janis Joplin songs live with Melissa Etheridge

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I found this video on youtube of joss getting her foot tattoo in Amsterdam

Its pretty funny to watch her try to stay distracted.

You can see the finished product at vanishing tattoo

This is your Music has posted what is being labeled as a new unpublished song by Joss. You can listen to the track here. It is called Flower Child.
It sounds like legit, but I have been unable to verify if it is authentic. Check it out .

Wonder who did the body art on Joss for her album cover?

You can read all about graffiti artist Jonathan Cohen in the Christian Science Monitor.
Here is en excerpt from the article talking about Joss

Last December, Cohen got a call from someone representing Joss Stone, the popular R&B singer. Ms. Stone wanted to use 5 Pointz as the backdrop for the music video of her song “Tell Me ‘Bout It.” Cohen had no idea who she was, but after talking to her, he gave her crew the go-ahead. He even did a mural of Stone’s face for the video, in which he appears at the end.

Cohen also flew to Los Angeles to paint Stone’s body for the cover of her latest album, “Introducing Joss Stone.” He had never used powdery body paint before or painted anyone’s entire body, but “I’ll never turn down a job,” he says

Joss has added a few more U.S. Tour dates.
Wed 09/26/07 Maplewood, MN Myth

Fri 09/28/07 Paradise Islands, BAH The Theater At Atlantis

Sat 09/29/07 Kansas City, MO The Crossroads

Tue 10/02/07 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit

I just bought tickets to the Detroit Show. I’m so excited.

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Joss made her acting debut this past year. She played the young fortune-teller, Angela in Eragon. MTV interviewed her regarding the role.

MTV: I always wonder how a musician gets into acting. Do you put out the word that you want a movie, or do they come to you?

Joss Stone: I know! It is really strange. I was like, “Why do you want me? I’m a singer, for Christ’s sake.” I don’t know why ["Eragon" director Stefen Fangmeier] wanted me, but he did. I’m always getting approached for films — maybe they see me onstage and see the way I get all emotional. But I was like, “Hey, let’s do it.” I never really take anything seriously until I have to, and acting is fun. I never thought I’d do it, but hey, why not, man?

MTV: Tell us about the first day you walked on set as a big-time actress.

Stone: It was very scary. [Speleers] was really sweet; he’s such a nice boy. He’s one year younger than me, and I felt like I had to talk his face off to warn him about what was going to happen to him — he’s gonna become humongous in five seconds [after this comes out]. I was actually quite sick, and I was so tired when I did it, but that didn’t matter because my character is quite weird anyway, so that played into it.

MTV: I know that you’re dyslexic — did that make it hard to read your lines?

Stone: Yes, it was really difficult for me to learn the script. I applaud the people who can be leads in a movie. To remember all those lines! Remembering them is one thing, but then performing them and really feeling them, you have to know it like the back of your hand. I can read just fine, but it takes me a little time and sometimes I’ll get distracted and read backwards.

You can read the rest of the article at MTV.COM

The performance from Ann Arbor Michigan that Joss did at Borders is now on Borders Media. There are some interviews as well as the live performances. I recommend checking it out.

The nominations for the KICKERS URBAN MUSIC AWARDS UK
were announced July 30th. Joss has been nominated for the Best Neo Soul Act.
According to the press release

The music awards ceremony will be held on the 3rd of November 2007 in London and will be attended by more than 1,200 Artist, DJs, producers, promoters, record labels executives, celebrities from the world of music, radio, TV, sports and urban music fans from across the country.

The Urban Music Awards was born out of the need to build a worldwide and independent awards ceremony to recognize the achievement of 100% British based artists, producers, club nights, dj’s , radio stations, record labels and artist within British urrban music scene.

You can vote online for Joss

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Source: Urban Music Awards