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June 30, 1999

Jewel and Tommy Hilfiger Team Up for Tour

Hilfiger sponsors Jewel's "Spirit" tour; more dates announced
May 15, 1997

Cover Story: Cosmic Girl

She was raised by Alaskan homesteaders. She started singing in bars with her dad at the age of 6. She lived out of a van in San Diego as a teenager. Now, at 22, she has meandered her way to the top of the charts. Has Jewel found what she was looking for?

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Perfectly Clear

Jewel's life has always sounded like a country song: Raised by her cowboy dad and discovered while she was homeless, she went on to sell 12 million copies of her debut, only to become the butt of countless zingers. So Perfectly Clear, her first proper country record, should have been her true c...

2008 RS: 2.5of 5 Stars

Goodbye Alice In Wonderland

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If folk music's fatal weakness is naivete, Alaska's Jewel Kilcher is the genre's living martyr. At her debut, the fresh-faced 19-year-old was the folk heroine ready for pop fame. Pieces of You proved that Jewel could write a beautiful melody and sing with a conviction and accomplishment beyond her years, and also that she was as hopelessly pained and wide-eyed about social and cultural issues as...

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