This one slipped under the radar for us. We just found out today that Joss Stone has released a new album (on the date of release). Not sure why it didn’t receive enough publicity or promo, but we knew it had to do with the record company. It turns out that there was some industry mud-slinging. Her record label has been obtained my an equity firm and Joss Stone does not like that at all. So the album got delayed and shelved. Then when it came time to release it there was no video and very little promo (mostly word-of-mouth and blog frenzy). But, its available for download now and the album cover has been changed with one with no image and just text. Apparently, the record company didn’t want Joss Stone to be enslaved on the cover.