Joss Stone

The new york times has posted this review of Joss’s performance at the MLK Dream Concert. The concert is scheduled to air on tv in January.

MOST musical variety shows are disorganized nightmares, but the Dream Concert - to raise funds for a Martin Luther King memorial in Washington - didn’t disappoint. It completely lived up to its name.

In a moment of concert surrealism, the ever-shrinking TV meteorologist Al Roker stepped onto the big Radio City Music Hall stage and reported “I have a weather flash . . . it’s hot in here!”

Uncle Al was right.

Killer performances by Aretha Franklin, Garth Brooks and Joss Stone topped the 14-act lineup, which also featured Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana and opera great Jessye Norman.

The show was smart on many levels; there were top acts and a fast pace that never lost momentum. The brilliant theme celebrated the words and philosophy of Dr. King, and it connected the performance, from the rise of the curtain to final bow. This accomplishment was remarkable, given that Radio City is a difficult hall in which to create intimacy.

Hip-hop refugee Wyclef Jean was the best and first to really engage the audience. When Jean wasn’t getting a big enough rise from the audience, he took his act off the stage and into the crowd, rousing the sedate fans from their pricey, $1,000 seats.

While the Queen of Soul stayed on the stage, she also unglued the people from their seats with her classic Motown spelling lesson, “R-E-S-P-E-C-T.”

Among the other standout songs in the three-hour event were the Joss Stone duet with newcomer Ryan Shaw on the Sam Cooke classic “A Change is Gonna Come,” Brooks’ white-Stetson cover of “Abraham, Martin and John,” and Stevie Wonder’s famously funky “Superstition.”

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Joss performs at the Maxim Oasis VMA Party at the Mandalay Bay Moorea Beach Club on August 8, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada

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Joss is scheduled to perform at the United Negro College Fund Evening of Stars To be held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Sept. 22. The gala will be taped and broadcast in January.

Some of the stars scheduled to perform are Stevie Wonder, Anita Baker, Yolanda Adams, John Legend, Joss Stone and Chris Issak.

Presenters include Kareem Abdul-Jabaar, Condoleezza Rice, Hill Harper, Berry Gordy, Tom Joyner and Billy Dee Williams.

Here is brief video from Joss’s performance at Bumbershoot, a music festival in Seattle.

It looks like her hair was curly for the show.

Joss Stone, the Byrds’ Roger McGuinn, Shawn Colvin and Aimee Mann will be on hand Oct. 10 at New York’s Carnegie Hall for a tribute to Elton John. The event is being produced by Michael Dorf, who in recent years has crafted similar events in honor of Bruce Springsteen, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan.

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Here is video from youtube.com of Joss performing on Jimmy Kimmel

She is singing Bruised not Broken.

Here is a photo of Joss at a recent performance in California on August 27th.

I am not sure what to think of this outfit.

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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Last night, Joss performed at indigO2 in London

Here are some pictures a fan at the concert took.

I particularily like the one of her drinking tea onstage.

Source: The Gas Chamber Visit his site for more photos and a review

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Here is what looks like the official video from the Borders appearance of Joss Stone in Ann Arbor. I am not sure why this never made it to the borders site.

Here is a video of her cd shopping at Borders and recommending Cds.

At 11:30pm EST,on July 7, 2007 Joss took the stage in Johannesburg, South Africa. She wore a floral halter dress, her hair was straightened , and she was barefoot of course.
She came out and the crowd that had been waiting used and she said asked why no one was clapping or clicking , the crowd started applauding.
She opened with “Girl the won’t believe it” from Introducing Joss Stone and then she then sang “Headturner” and “Tell Me What We’re Gonna Do Now”.

Joss definitely enjoyed herself, dancing and interacting with the crowd.

She then continued on with “Music”, which she calls her love letter to music.

The next song she dedicated to the lads. She told them it if she could tell them anything it would be to say something, anything. She then broke into ” Tell Me About It”.

She closed with “Right to be Wrong” from Mind, Body and Soul . This is a much slower song then the others, so it slowed down the mood, Joss sang it beautifully. Towards the end the crowd started clapping and embarrassed her. She did a few improvisions and runs at the end of the song.
I was really impressed by her performance, she did a bunch of the songs off her new album, not just the one usual one or two. It was the first time seeing her perform “Tell Me About It” and “Headturner”. I feel as thought the inclusion of “Right to be Wrong” might have been a jab at the press, who haven’t been to kind to Joss lately.

Here is video I found.

Thanks to msn.com for airing the show

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Joss will be performing in Johannesburg , South Africa at the Coca-Cola Dome as a part of the Live Earth Concert on 7/7/07

Live Earth is a 24 hour, 7 continent series of concerts to being held to raise awareness of global warming. NBC will be broadcasting a 3 hour special from 8-11pm EST, in addition other NBC stations such as Bravo and Sundance channel will also be airing parts of the program from the different locations.

Pictures and updates from the performance will be posted next week, be sure to check back.

Joss singing Under Pressure

Joss with Tom Jones

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