Joss Stone’s new shoe line for Nine West, the Vintage America Collection, will be aptly promoted (thankfully)! The company has teamed with JAGTAG to run a mobile campaign. Smart move because smart phones have really taken over in recent years!

Here’s a snippet of the press release:

Nine West’s Vintage America Collection campaign with JAGTAG allows consumers to interact with singer-songwriter and style icon Joss Stone, who helped design the new product line, through email messages, free music downloads and digital videos. Users will also have the chance to enter a sweepstakes to win products from the Nine West Vintage America Collection. The specially branded JAGTAG features Joss Stone’s signature flower tattoo design and will appear on Vintage America Collection shoeboxes and promotional materials in print and in-stores, as well as on a microsite for the campaign (www.ninewest.com/vintageamericacollection) and in Lucky Magazine’s October issue.

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We got a little bit of Joss news this past week, as we learned of her involvement with the James Bond video game, Blood Stone. I thought that would tide me over for a while, but there’s more!

We all know Joss’ anthem of record label issues was put to music in “Free Me”. Well, it looks like she’s gotten her wish! In a new interview with This Is Exeter. Here’s the update:

After an on-going struggle with her former record label, EMI, Joss has finally ended her contract with it. “I am free now and it is a real weight lifted off my shoulders,” she said. “I feel I can start afresh. I haven’t got a new album planned yet — I will do one when it feels right. I’m writing songs all the time, though.”

Very happy for Joss! Can’t wait to see what she comes up with next! Hopefully we don’t have to wait too long for a new album, though!

Various reports, that have now been confirmed, have our very own Miss Joss Stone voicing a character in the new James Bond video game, James Bond 007: Blood Stone. Joss’ “character” in the game is Nicole Hunter.

A (Joss) Stone likeness will appear in the game (for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC), and she’ll be right there alongside Bond himself, actor Daniel Craig, and Judi Dench (as M), both of whom are reprising their film roles in the game. The singer will also record an original song that she wrote with Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics titled “I’ll Take It All.”

Source: MTV

Joss told Radio 1’s Newsbeat the following:

“It’s cool isn’t it? I’m just gonna throw that out there every 5 minutes in conversation. Did you know that I’m a Bond girl?”

CUTE!

Sounds good!

Joss is amongst the first wave of artists confirmed to perform at the British Virgin Island’s Go Green Festival, which runs June 24-26. Joss will headline the Go Green concert June 26th at 6PM local time.

Read more about this event after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Joss Stone will work with popular American shoe company, Nine West, designing shoes for the Nine West Vintage America Collection Fall 2010.

The label has signed Grammy Award-winning, British R&B singer Joss Stone to produce a fall ’10 capsule collection. Stone will collaborate with Nine West Creative Director Fred Allard on the project, with proceeds benefiting Soles4Souls. Shoes in the line will retail for $70 to $120, according to Stacy Lastrina, chief marketing officer for Nine West’s parent company, Jones Apparel Group Inc.

Joss’ line will debut at the end of August, but pre-orders will be accepted in July via www.ninewest.com/vintageamerica.

Can’t wait! Love that Joss is actively developing her “brand”!

Source: Press Release

Joss Stone is just one of many high profile celebs announced to appear and/or perform on FOX’s American Idol Gives Back episode April 21st from 8:00-10:00 PM ET live.

As part of his global effort to raise awareness for and to end HIV/AIDS, Sir Elton John will perform on IDOL GIVES BACK, airing Wednesday, April 21 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX, on behalf of the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Alicia Keys, Carrie Underwood, The Black Eyed Peas, Annie Lennox, Jeff Beck & Joss Stone and Mary J. Blige & the All-Star Band will also perform.

From that press release snippet, it looks like she’ll be performing with Jeff Beck. Possibly a live performance of “I Put a Spell on You”? Can’t wait!

Joss isn’t the main storyline of this the final season of Showtime’s The Tudors, but she still makes appearances. Here is the full trailer:

The season will premiere April 11 at 9 PM on Showtime in the US. While no air date has been set for the UK, it will be shown on BBC Two later in the year.

You can also check out a behind-the-scenes look at the final season below… Read the rest of this entry »

Damian Marley and Nas are teaming up for a join album and Joss Stone is among the featured artists. The album, titled Distant Relatives, is due in stores May 25th. The track Joss guests on is “My Generation”, which also features Lil Wayne.

Here is the reported tracklisting:

1. ‘As We Enter’
2. ‘Tribal War’ (ft. K’NAAN)
3. ‘Strong Will Continue’
4. ‘Leaders’
5. ‘Wisdom (Sabali)’
6. ‘Count Your Blessings’
7. ‘Disappear’
8. ‘The Promised Land’ (ft. Dennis Brown)
9. ‘Nah Mean’
10. ‘Angola (Friends)’
11. ‘My Generation’ (ft. Lil Wayne and Joss Stone)
12. ‘Africa Must Wake Up’ (ft. K’NAAN)
13. ‘Ancient People’ (ft. Junior Reid) (Bonus Track)

Congrats to Joss as she’s picked up her 2nd Grammy Award! Welllllll, an album she contributed to did, so I’d assume she, and all the featured artists, get credited with a Grammy win. If not, someone please correct me! It was a compilation album, so it’s not like it was one artist’s project.

Anyway, EMI Gospel’s Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration (related link) — on which Joss sang “This Little Light Of Mine” with Buick Audra — won in the Best Traditional Gospel Album category.

So, congratulations go out to all the participating artists!

TV alert for US Joss fans!

In what is likely the last week of The Tonight Show w/ Conan O’Brien (it will soon return to The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno) Joss is scheduled to perform on the show tonight, Wednesday January 20th.

The show airs weeknights at 11:35PM on NBC. Be sure to watch, and if you miss it, rest assured that I will post a video later on in the night. So check back!