It’s sometimes hard to remember that Joss Stone is British. In fact, she’s as English as they come, having grown up in the country and at one time having a plummy English accent. But no longer, with months spent in L.A. every year turning her into some sort of American diva.

In 2007, Joss Stone appeared at the Brit Awards and was ridiculed for speaking in a strange American accent. There’s nothing wrong with American accents of course but the fact she’d picked one up in such a short space of time turned many Brits off her.
She moaned about the reception …read more

Did that headline grab your attention? That was the intention. Unfortunately, rather than having an exclusive scoop on U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama having an affair with Joss Stone, it was just figuratively speaking.

The actual news is almost as bizarre though, as it seems Democratic candidate Obama has chosen Stone to record his election theme tune. I assume he does realise she’s British.
According to The Sun, Obama is a big fan of Joss Stone, now much more popular in the States than here in the UK. He asked her personally to write and record the theme tune for his …read more

Joss Stone seems intent on making her move from English sweetheart to American diva a permanent one.
The latest step on this oft travelled path is to team up with an American act and collaborate with them in an effort to seem cooler than you are, and that’s exactly what Stone is now doing.
She has teamed up with Clipse, who NME describe as “crack obsessed”, to record a story for each of their respective albums.
Clipse, brothers Malice and Pusha-T have recorded a song for Stone’s new album, while Stone has recorded vocals for a track on Clipse’s forthcoming album, …read more

Arjun over at The Good Musician is hosting a list day today, and has asked all of the b5 Music Channel bloggers to come up with 10 artists they wouldn’t want to switch places with.
Obviously my choices here on Brit Music Scene are going to all be British artists, and instead of going for the usual reasons, as in they’re dead, or just a plain laughing stock, I thought I’d try to come up with reasons slightly away from the norm.

So here is my ultra snarky list of 10 British Musicians I Wouldn’t Want to Switch Places With:-
Joss Stone
She was …read more

Oh dear, the English rose turned wannabee American diva Joss Stone has done it again, and bitched at her British fans.
This time, she’s fighting back over the claims that she’s changed her accent to try and be more American, and claimed it’s normal after spending time in another country.

Stone was originally mocked for the half British half American accent she displayed at last year’s Brit awards, with fans laughing at her on stage.

Hmm, Joss Stone, Joss Stone, nope I can’t quite place her. Somewhere in the dark recesses of my memory, I seem to remember this young girl with the voice of an angel who released a great album, but then nothing.
Ah, here she is, Joss Stone has now turned up again, seemingly out of the blue to berate British fans who she feels have rejected her. Joss, who now lives in America, speaks with an American accent, and is more redneck than chav, is having a go at US Brits for rejecting her… oh mama, she knows how to piss people …read more

Joss Stone appeared and performed at the Live Earth concert in Johannesburg, South Africa. The problem is, according to Popbitch, she may have missed the point of the whole day, that being to raise awareness of Global climate change.
Joss Stone performed at Live Earth Johannesburg. While she stopped to do some interviews for about 20 minutes, someone in her entourage instructed her driver (a Mercedes bio diesel limo) to keep the engine running so the car interior stayed warm for the star.
Ermmm Joss, you see it’s like this. I know you think you are now a Diva of Mariah Carey …read more