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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif""><img width="112" height="65" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D097BB.4C2F6F40" alt="Stoned Logo - Main"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:40.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">Premieres New Single “The Answer” TODAY<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">Exclusively via
<a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6576035/joss-stone-the-answer-exclusive-water-for-your-soul">
Billboard.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">New Album ‘Water For Your Soul’ to be Released<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">July 17<sup>th</sup> via Stone’d Records<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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soul sensation <b>Joss Stone </b>has debuted her new single, <b>“The Answe</b>r,”
<b>TODAY</b> via Billboard.com. <b><a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6576035/joss-stone-the-answer-exclusive-water-for-your-soul">PRESS HERE</a></b> to check it out! The artist’s new album,
<b><i>Water For Your Soul,</i></b> is set for release via <b>Stone’d Records</b> on
<b>July 17<sup>th</sup></b></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">The striking track features snappy percussion, driving violins, gospel BV’s and Joss’ trademark soulful vocal. The song is a sonic reflection of the album’s
inspirations, derived from Joss’ travels on her on-going <i>Total World Tour</i>, and was co – written with legendary reggae maestro
<b>Dennis Bovell</b> and long time Stone collaborator <b>Jonathan Shorten</b>. Speaking about the meaning behind the upcoming single Joss said, “It’s annoying to hear people moaning about things they could easily change. I think you’ve got to just let it go,
stop holding on to your stress. Of course, you can’t tell people that, they need to come to the answer themselves. But you can put it in a song.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">The follow up to 2012’s
<i>The Soul Sessions Vol.2</i>, the LP represents a musical departure for Stone. Infused with elements of reggae, ‘world’ sounds, hip hop and of course, soul, the self-written and co-produced
<i>Water For Your Soul</i> sees Joss venturing into previously unexplored territory - collaborating with the likes of<b> Nitin Sawney, Damian Marley and Dennis Bovell</b>.
<b><a href="https://soundcloud.com/joss-stone-music/stuck-on-you">PRESS HERE</a></b> to listen to the previously released track, “<b>Stuck On You.”</b><b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">Joss Stone: Water For Your Soul<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">Water For Your Soul is Joss Stone’s seventh album and will be released on Joss’s own Stone’d label, which she set up after her deal with EMI ended in 2011.
Her idealistic approach shines through her new album. “Some people play music to pay their bills, some have a story to tell, some people make music to become famous. Every reason is valid, because it’s your own personal reason, and once you’ve figured it out,
you know where you’re going. The reason I do it is because it fills me up. It’s like a drug to me. It’s like it tastes good and it smells good and it’s warm. If I’m walking down the street and I hear a busker playing, it makes my day better. And I guess I’m
addicted to having that in my life. And that’s why I do it, to share that feeling with other people.”
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