PBS will air a special encore of Austin City Limits featuring Joss Stone on December 24, 2005. Check out the ACL website at www.pbs.org/klru/austin/ for more information on show times, video clips from the show and artists interviews.

JOSS STONE was the surprise entertainment at Sir Elton John’s wedding party – hotfooting it from the Hammersmith Apollo where she had performed in concert.

The 17-year-old soul star sang at Sir Elton’s �1 million wedding party at his Windsor estate hours after she had won rave reviews.

Before her performance, entertainment was provided by the three young stars of the stage version of Billy Elliot.
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Born in Dover, raised in Devon by a dried-fruit entrepreneur and spawned by the runt of the BBC’s talent show litter, Junior Star For A Night, Joss Stone‘s credentials for being the most convincing female soul singer Britain has produced since Dusty Springfield are certainly slender.

And yet, although too young to vote until April and silent on stage save for a few choice profanities, the former Joscelyn Stoker is undeniably the real thing. Britain thinks so, for both her albums reached No1, but more impressively the US, not a nation noticeably short of soul singers, is swooning.

Her voice, all husky angst re-enforced by a constant supply of honeyed tea, sounded as if it were honed in America’s deep South rather than England’s deep South-West. Although clearly road-weary, it oozed pain on Victim Of A Foolish Heart.
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You can see some low-res shots of Joss performing at Carling Apollo Hammersmith in London today at Getty Images. Joss is currently touring the UK.

Thanks to everyone for sticking with Joss-Stone.net! The site celebrated it’s 2nd birthday over the weekend!

Over on eBay, you can bid on a signed guitar and all proceeds go to the charity, LIFEbeat.

LIFEbeat is the music industry’s charitable organization dedicated to reaching Americas youth with the message of HIV/AIDS prevention. For more than ten years, LIFEbeat has helped to mobilize the talents and resources of the music industry to raise awareness and funds, and to provide support to the AIDS community.