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"INTRODUCING JOSS STONE" OUT ON MARCH 20, 2007
JANUARY'S TORONTO SHOW TO BE WEBCAST AT WWW.SYMPATICO.CA WEEK BEFORE ALBUM RELEASE
British soul singer and songwriter Joss Stone will release her third album, Introducing Joss Stone, on Tuesday, March 20, 2007. An electrifying mix of warm vintage soul, ’70s-style R&B, Motown girl-group harmonies, and hip-hop grooves, the album is the one that Joss describes as “truly me. That’s why I’m calling it Introducing Joss Stone,” she says. “These are my words, and this is who I am as an artist.”
Knowing she wanted to write the album alone, Joss decamped to Barbados in April to come up with lyrics. She stayed for several months before flying to the Bahamas to hook up with her main musical collaborator and producer Raphael Saadiq (known for his work with D’Angelo, The Roots, and Macy Gray). “Raphael [who plays bass on the album] is the most incredible musician I’ve ever met in my whole life,” Joss says. “Musically, I feel like he reads my mind. I’ll give him a look and he’ll know exactly what I want.”
Joss and Raphael spent two months recording at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas, and then mixed it at the legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York City. The album also features guest vocal appearances by the rapper Common on “Tell Me What We’re Gonna Do Now,” and reclusive Fugees singer Lauryn Hill, who lends a rap to the languid Fugees-inspired track “Music.”
Starting her 2007 in Toronto rehearsing with her impressive band, Joss thrilled some fans and industry folks with a special impromptu and intimate show before she left town. The concert was filmed in HD by SMSN and will be webcast at www.sympatico.ca beginning on March 14. She also graced the Cover of Flare Magazine in February and will be featured in the April issue of Chatelaine Magazine.
In 2003, at the ripe-old age of 16, Joss released The Soul Sessions, an album of covers of old soul tracks and hit the road for a year. Then she recorded Mind, Body & Soul, her first album of original material. Joss was nominated for three Grammy Awards in 2005, including Best New Artist, and performed a tribute to Janis Joplin with Melissa Etheridge at the ceremony.
Over the course of her career, Joss has also appeared onstage with James Brown, The Rolling Stones, Gladys Knight, Patti Labelle, Mavis Staples, Donna Summer, Smokey Robinson, Rob Thomas, John Mayer, and John Legend. She performed for more than 200,000 people at the 2005 Live 8 concert in London and most recently wowed the crowd with her rendition of Dusty Springfield’s “Son of a Preacher Man” at the UK Music Hall of Fame Awards in November. Now 19 years old, Joss Stone has sold over 7.5 million albums worldwide.
Look out for Canadian Tour Dates coming soon!
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