I will be updating the site with new stuff later on today! There’s lots of new stuff for me to share with you all!

Also, just posting a quick note to let you know that if you’re in the NYC area, be sure to check back here at Joss-Stone.net on Monday — or shortly thereafter — for a ticket giveaway to see Joss perform live! This great opportunity will be brought to you by Joss-Stone.net with the help of Joss’ management! So stay tuned for that!

Here is the cover for Joss’ new album, Mind, Body, & Soul! Click here to see it larger. And please, NO direct-linking!

At the request of the IFPI and the RIAA, we removed the zip file for “You Had Me”. That was a one time deal here at Joss-Stone.net. Don’t expect any more downloads like that. I just wanted to give the fans who have been anticipating new material a hand since not everyone has a fast connection like me and can easily stream online audio. So, from here on out, please visit VH1.com to listen to Joss’ song. My apologies and thanks, for understanding everyone!

Joss’ breathrough album The Soul Sessions has garnered her a spot on the shortlist for this year’s 2004 Nationwide Mercury Prize, which celebrates the best of British and Irish music. The prize, regarded as one of the most prestigious in the music industry, honors the best album of the year from the worlds of pop, rock, jazz and classical music. Five of this year’s nominated albums were debuts. The winner will be announced on September 7.

SOUL SENSATION READIES ‘MIND, BODY & SOUL’ (S-CURVE RECORDS), THE FOLLOW-UP TO HER GOLD-CERTIFIED DEBUT, FOR SEPTEMBER 28 RELEASE

Add songwriting to the list of Joss Stone‘s preternatural talents. For the past year, the seventeen-year-old soul sensation has been hard at work on ‘Mind, Body & Soul,’ the follow-up to her U.S. gold-certified 2003 release ‘The Soul Sessions,’ which has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. Set for September 28 on S-Curve Records, twelve of the 14 songs on ‘Mind, Body & Soul’ were written or co-written by Joss.

‘The Soul Sessions’ was one of the breakout releases of 2003. This collection of deep soul covers heralded a rebirth of the genre, and it has left anticipation running high for an album of original Joss material.
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I haven’t been posting them here, but I’ve done a lot of work around the site over the past few days! Here’s a list of new and updated sections:

The Joss Stone Boards – new
Lyrics – new
Live Audio – updated
MSN Icons – new
Avatars – new
AIM Icons – updated

I’ve added over 60 pics of Joss from the 2004 Music Visionary of the Year Awards today in New York City. Click here to see them.

Little more than a year after emerging to critical raves, Joss Stone is planning a September return with “Mind, Body & Soul.” The set will be the follow-up to the U.K. soul singer’s EP “The Soul Sessions” and her debut full-length album for S-Curve Records. The 14-track album features a dozen songs written or co-written by the 17-year-old artist. Among her writing collaborators were Betty Wright, Lamont Dozier, Salaam Remi and Portishead’s Beth Gibbons.

“Mind, Body & Soul” also features the contributions of guest musicians Angie Stone (keyboards/vocals), Nile Rodgers (guitar) and the Roots’ ?uestlove (drums). As with “The Soul Sessions,” it was co-produced by S-Curve Records president Steve Greenberg, Wright and Michael Mangini.
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I’ve just added pictures from Joss’ performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival on the 5th. Click here to see them.

Music Video Wire recently conducted an interview with Nzingha Stewart. Since she was the director of Joss’ “Fell In Love with a Boy” video, Joss came up in conversation. Read the excerpt below:

“MVWire: The Joss Stone video really looks great, how was it working with her?

NS: It was fantastic! Her being only 16 years old brought up teenage jitters and lots of insecurities like “Am I doing this right?” or “How am I going to look?” But as the day progressed she fell into stride and her confidence kicked in. She was so exciting once she fell into the music. And she was super nice, there were no high demands for things to be super flossy. She wanted the darkness and edgy feel, which was very exciting, and different from anything else you’d see on MTV from a teenage artist.

MVWire: Yeah, it was refreshing to see something new! The scenes were real raw, where did you shoot it?

NS: We shot for a day in Brooklyn, NY at a little club in Redhook.

MVWire: Were there any specifics you had in mind to shoot that day?

NS: I wanted a little bit of a retro feel, like an old Janis Joplin concert footage look with that style of stage lighting. And when we did the transfer we added a monochromatic effect with all yellow. The effect only made the final edit in two shots but just that, with all the back lighting gave me the look I wanted.”

Source: Music Video Wire