Covers by Joss Stone

I have a weird thing with Joss Stone. That is not to say that I do not like her work—because I do—but I’ve heard people wax poetry on her abilities like she was the second coming of Billie Holiday. I’ve sometimes felt she is overrated. However, I have gotten my money’s worth out of her renditions of these two songs:

“The Son of a Preacher Man”: This song was first performed by another British, blue-eyed soul singer—Dusty Springfield, who released this song in 1968. I love this song and I love what Joss did with it here at a UK Hall of Fame tribute to Dusty. Watching her perform it proved to me that she does have soul, and she had me believing every word coming out of her mouth. By the end, I had goose bumps.



The White Stripes are one of my favorite bands and I was extremely skeptical when I heard Joss Stone had taken a stab at their 2002 breakout hit “Fell in Love with a Girl.” She re-styled it as a funk number called “Fell in Love with a Boy.” There will always be a special place in my heart for the original, but she definitely did the song proud.



It gets even better guys. Stay tuned for Adele.