Most Popular
- There S/he Is! The Miss Gay America Pageant prances into St. Louis — and Unreal drinks it all in like a camel at Hoover Dam
- Hot, hot, hot: What makes Mexican women so spicy?
- Babe 'n Arms: Tom was a hot-tempered cross-dresser with a garage full of guns — and then he became Rachel
- No Justice: We've bailed out the banks. When do we go after the crooks behind our financial collapse?
- Hallowed Be Thy Name: A member of the Schlafly clan figures to do the Lord's work by cleansing the Bible of its "liberal bias"
Reader's Picks
Top Recommendations
A short list of St. Louis's most popular hot spots.
-
Charlie Gitto's-The Hill
St. Louis, MO -
Amighetti's Bakery & Cafe-The Hill
St. Louis, MO -
Fast Eddie's Bon-Air
Alton, IL -
Square One Brewery
St. Louis, MO -
Fox and Hound Pub & Grille
Chesterfield, MO -
Fitz's American Grill & Bottling Works
University City, MO
Recent Blog Posts
And the Kurt Greenbaum Beat Goes On: ToastedRav.com Has Issued a Public Disservice Announcement
Fri Nov 20, 5:34 PM
Ten Things to Do Under $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, November 20-22, 2009
Fri Nov 20, 4:09 PM
Show Review: Elvis Perkins in Dearland and A.A. Bondy at the Gargoyle, Friday, November 20
Sat Nov 21, 8:03 PM
Review + Photos: Japandroids and Surfer Blood at the Billiken Club, Friday, November 20
Sat Nov 21, 7:21 PM
This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated
Fri Nov 20, 5:00 PM
St. Louis Food Blog Digest 11.14 - 11.20
Fri Nov 20, 3:37 PM
The Cy Young Shutout
Fri Nov 20, 9:36 AM
St. Louis Blues Forward David Perron is Just Like the Rest of Us: He Loves Lady Gaga
Fri Nov 20, 8:22 AM
National Features >
City Pages
Michele Bachmann, Unmuzzled
You don't need to read Sarah Palin's book to hear the ravings of a mad woman.
By Matt Snyders
Miami New Times
Pimp Daddy
The rise and fall of a chubby sex-cult leader.
By Natalie O'Neill
Dallas Observer
The Fight for Texas
Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison are locked in a battle over the soul of the GOP. They're also running for governor.
By Sam Merten
Joss Stone
Mind, Body & Soul (S-Curve)
Share
By Rachel Devitt
Published on October 06, 2004
Ever since Sam Phillips famously found his "billion-dollar" dream of a white artist "who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel," the music industry has been chasing after the Elvis Holy Grail like a coked-up, Armani-wearing Indiana Jones. Joss Stone may very well be the latest in a long line of bloated sequels. What she is not is the young, blond, white, British Aretha Franklin or Jill Scott. Mind, Body & Soul, Stone's second album, is, once again, a collection of old-school soul and R&B designed to sound like it was ripped straight from a vintage Motown sampler. Stone's Voice Beyond Her Years, which boils down to your basic American Idol belt with a few more snarls and swallowed notes, pounds each song out with growly gusto. The singer has a nice voice and some decent material, but would she really be getting as much attention were she not young, white and hot? Then again, "Stone has a nice voice and some decent material" -- would I be this snobby and dismissive if she weren't young, white and hot?
Now Click This
