Joss Stone's Plans For World Domination

When Joss Stone plans a world tour, she really doesn't mess around. “The idea is to play at least one show in every country in the world,” she explains keenly and without a flicker of doubt. “After Australia and New Zealand, we're in Dubai, then Europe. We're in the process of booking everywhere else. I want to play a show, look about the place, see what good we can do while we're there, and see what music we can listen to while we're there. In Australia, I'm hoping to find some music that originates in Australia. Rather than sitting in my hotel, I'll get out and about and see what's going on.”

This ambitious tour may not be as far-fetched as it seems for someone with the career trajectory of Stone: TV talent contest winner at 13 and multi-million seller at 17. “I'd like to go further into Australia. Dive right into the middle of the country and see what happens. The whole tour will be documented on my website every two or three days. We'll post a short video from each place, maybe put a documentary together later, but for now it's just something fun people can follow.”

Our interview finds Stone taking a break from recording her forthcoming album in her newly finished home studio. “I'm in the process of recording it right now. In fact at the moment I'm cutting violin – they're in the other room. After I chat to you we're back to it.”

While the as-yet-unnamed album is very much a work-in-progress, Stone claims it will be “a lot more groove-oriented. There are lots of ideas going round, and I don't want to say what they are yet. It's got a reggae backbone. It's a bit hip hop and R&B. It's not really the usual wailing vocal thing I've done in the past.”

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