Joss: I stayed in Nashville for the health of my baby...

JOSS STONE has revealed that a short-term stay in Nashville to record her latest album turned into a more permanent move, amid fears for her child’s health in her first pregnancy.

- James Desborough

Doctors warned the awardwinning soul singer, 35, that her daughter Violet was seriously underweight in the womb, leading her to alter her plans.

Joss had intended to return home to Devon after recording Never Forget My Love, which was released in February.

But due to the health scare she and partner Cody DaLuz decided to stay in Tennessee for Violet’s birth in late 2020.

She says she bought a “massive sofa”, laid down and ate as many calories as possible to help her daughter gain weight.

Although the singer – who plays the Sandbar Poolside at Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas on Friday – likes living in Nashville, she is still planning to return to Devon when Violet starts nursery school.