Before Jewel sold out venues, composed #1 hits, and landed
on Bravo’s series, Platinum Hits, she
was an Alaskan youth. She shared a strong bond with her grandmother, Ruth, who
was an aspiring German opera singer. Ruth moved to Alaska to escape Germany and
married Yule Kilcher. They went on to raise eight children and Ruth shared her
passion for nature and music with them. Jewels’ father was an Alaskan cowboy
singer-songwriter and connected with Jewel through music.
After high school Jewel worked in a computer warehouse until
she was fired, homeless, and living out of a car for a year. With all her bad
luck she was able to focus on music. Jewel built up a small fan base thanks to
her regular gig at a coffeehouse in Pacific Beach. Her songs reached a local
radio station and attracted numerous record labels. Jewel was signed to
Atlantic Records close to her 19th birthday.
She opened for Bob
Dylan and Neil Young. Sang with BB King and got to be on Merle Haggard’s album
of #1 Hits. After a year of touring, “Who Will Save Your Soul”, “You Were Meant
for Me”, and “Foolish Games” became hit singles. The album went on to sell 12
million copies. Throughout the years she has been honored with four Grammy
Award nominations, an American Music Award and an MTV video Music Award. She
was presented the Governors Award and her poetry collection was on The New York
Times bestseller list. Jewel has also been featured on the covers of Vanity Fair, Time, People, Seventeen, In
Style, Glamour, and Entertainment Weekly. Stuff magazine listed her among its ‘102 Sexiest Women in the
World’ while Blender crowned her
“rock’s sexiest poet.”
In 2011 Jewel and her husband, Ty Murray, celebrated the
birth of their child Kase Townes. Soon after she released her second children’s
album and in 2012 the album was followed up by a picture book and CD based on a
song from the album. With a long history of success, Jewel is ready to release
her first greatest hits album. The collection includes two new recordings of
“Foolish Games” featuring Kelly Clarkson and “You Were Meant for Me” featuring
the Pistol Annies. The album will also include her new single entitled, “Two
Hearts Breaking.”
Jewel has had a multiple successes in the music industry,
television series, and is a well-respected poet. She will continue to recreate
herself making her grandmother and her fathers’ aspirations come true. Later
this year, Jewel will take on her next role starring as June Carter Cash in the
Lifetime movie, “Ring of Fire”.
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