Joss Stone

Elton John, Joss Stone, Neil Young and many others - have put together a tribute CD to be released next month to pay for its reconstruction and others in the Lower Ninth.

Joss appears on the cover of Zoo Magazine.

There is also a photo shoot inside.

Here are some new pictures of Joss from her Wallop.com kick-off party.

Here is a picture of her ankle injury. As you can see she has managed to dress up her injury

Joss will be appearing on Jimmy Kimmel live on August 29th on the Outdoor Stage for a Mini-Concert . Tickets are available
The direct link for ticket requests for Joss Stone’s Wednesday, August 29th performance is here

According to Access Hollywood, Joss twisted her ankle doing charity work in Uganda… and her injury will not affect her tour schedule.

Joss was seen at the Ivy, on Crutches. I have yet to find any details of the injury, but will update if I find out any details. Also it looks like her hair is now purple.

Joss, Joss Stone, Ivy

Here is another photo from the Jane Photo shoot.

Here is the new video from Angelique Kidjo featuring Joss Stone “Gimme A Shelter”

Its a really good video that intermixes city scenes with scenes from Darfur. Both women have such amazing voices that this song is amazing.

Joss’s funky hair has landed her on people.com’s style watch.

It asks would you dye your hair like Joss?

Joss’s mom, Wendy Joseph has opened a music academy in Devon, England.

Joss is still in good relations with her mom, although she no longer is her manager. Joss fired her mom as her manager earlier this year after learning she was having an affair with her drummer/music director.

At that point, I just had to send my mom home. She took care of me and did a good job, but it was time for me to move on.

“It’s ridiculous having your mother manage you. I said so at the time, but no one wanted to listen to me.

“I wanted a real manager, someone with 30 years in the business. Not my mom.

“We’re still very tight, and anything she needs, she has it.”

Mama Stone’s Song Writing and Studio Music Academy is run jointly by Wendy and her husband Jonathan Joseph, who was Joss’s musical director and drummer.

Wendy said: “Having spent three years travelling around the world as Joss’s manager I learnt a lot about the music industry and I am always being asked by people in the area for advice and tips.

“That’s why we decided to launch this academy so that over four weeks we can help people gain skills to help launch their music careers.”

The academy even has its own website, where they are definitely using Joss’s fame as a selling point.
Below is an interview with Wendy and Jonathan

Sources: Mid Devon Star

Starpulse.com

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.

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

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 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.