Joss recently sat down with Parade.com for an interview. She talks about her emotional connection with music, her role in The Tudors, her unique look, her dating status, and more!

She even set the record straight on tabloid reports of her recently breaking up with a hometown boyfriend:

“I’ve had five different boyfriends this year in the press. But I don’t have a boyfriend. I haven’t had a boyfriend for four years.”

Read the entire interview here.

Here a few pictures of Joss w/ Smokey Robinson at the American Idol Elimination Show last week:

Credit: SP

Joss Stone is among several top musicians contributing to a new Wal-Mart exclusive gospel collection called Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration.

Queen Latifah, Jon Bon Jovi, and 3 Doors Down will also appear on the album. The mainstream stars are paired with gospel choirs or artists for each song. Joss is joined by Buick Audra on “This Little Light Of Mine”.

To purchase this album, from Wal-Mart, use the link below:

Oh Happy Day (Wal-Mart Exclusive)

The collection, brought to you by EMI Gospel/Vector Recordings, will be released March 31. The physical CD will only be available at Wal-Mart, but the digital release will be more widely distributed at online retailers like iTunes.

Here’s a video about the release:

Click here for a 30 second preview of “This Little Light Of Mine”.

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Motown legend Smokey Robinson is getting ready to release a new album, Time Flies When You’re Having Fun, in May. And to kick-off his return to music, he debuted a duet with Joss on the American Idol stage tonight.

The song is called “You’re the One for Me”.

Video coming soon, so check back!

US TV channel E! will be streaming the season premiere of The Tudors this Thursday!

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Just that this Thursday, March 19, is the day that you Tudors fans have been waiting for. We’ll have the entire season-premiere episode available for online viewing, along with scoop from Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and Anne of Cleves (Joss Stone)!

Source: Watch with Kristin

Joss plays the role of ‘Anne of Cleves’ during the 3rd season of the show, which returns to Showtime on Sunday, April 5th.

Watch the trailer below:

According to a new report in the Daily Mail, Joss’ 4th studio album, Colour Me Free, has been delayed from its previous release date next month.

Speaking from the Fortune Forum Summit charity event she performed at in London, Joss expressed frustration at EMI’s decision to push the album release to July, at the earliest.

“They were supposed to be launching the album in April but now they’ve postponed it until July. I just don’t know what’s happening with it – they really need to pull their finger out. I’ve worked very hard on this record and I don’t know what the plans are until EMI confirm a release date. There’s a world tour planned and everything is in their hands. I really don’t know what is going on.”

I don’t know if we should be surprised. Record labels do this sort of thing all of the time. It’s just a shame that promo efforts and a tour has been set up for an April release that is no longer happening.

Stay tuned!

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In the past few days, many newspapers have been publishing stories about the fall of Joss’ celebrity and how she is now being “forced” to play small gigs because she can’t fill larger venues.

This is all very laughable to anyone who knows anything about the music business. Joss put this small tour together very quickly and it simply doing it to give back to her UK fans and give them a taste of her new material. When the album comes out, she’ll get back to doing a larger tour, just wait!

Anyway, she has responded to the speculations about her career, telling The Independent:

“I play all types of shows and the smaller ones are often the best. I’ve been playing for the first time my new songs from the album. Sometimes it’s more fun to play intimate gigs rather than being stuck in a rehearsal room.”

When I first saw (and met) Joss perform live, it was when she was first blowing up in the US. She could have been doing large venues, but she was in the midst of an intimate club tour. She was interacting with the crowd, asking questions, telling stories, and reaching out and touching fans. I’ve been to a lot of concerts, and my favorite type are the smaller and more “intimate” ones. I hope Joss does a round of them when she starts to promote Colour Me Free in the States too!