Video: Joss Stone Performs "Free Me"

The nice lady from the record company tells us that she's 'putting us through to Joss Stone now' so we prepare ourselves. Silence. A few beeps, then more silence. Finally a well spoken, young and very English voice comes on the line. We make small talk, commenting on the nightmare of these trans-Atlantic hooks ups. She knows what we mean. Where, we wonder, is talking to us from? Without a pause she answers. "I'm in Devon." It's not the last surprise that Joss Stone will throw our way, but certainly the first. We had, we tell [...]

I've been quietly watching Joss Stone battle her record label since last May , around the time when she started to perform "Free Me" live. Understand that this isn't The Warlocks Vs. Puffy. Joss offered to pay back $1.2 million to EMI in order to be released , claiming the label seemed to be in disarray after being acquired by Terra Firma. And, Stone has three albums & eleven million records sold, all at the young age of twenty-two, so we'll assume she's got the fanbase to recoup whatever she might have paid. She's always pushed [...]