Jewel's debut album is a charming collection of light alternative folk-rock from the teenage singer/songwriter. Her songs are occasionally naive, but her melodies can...
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Flashback: Spring of 1995. Setting: San Diego's annual May Day, an all-day outdoor music festival featuring bands from the city's rich and varied local scene. A sweet-faced,...
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Alone among all the female singer/songwriters of the post-alternative '90s, Jewel appealed to sensitive female teenagers and preteen girls. Her pretty melodies, gentle...
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Pain: X-mas music. I don't know what it is about the season, but Christmas brings out the worst in people. Mostly it's just those always-in-a-hurry shoppers who maul you to...
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Joy: A Holiday Collection may surprise some Jewel fans, since it isn't a warm, intimate acoustic album. Then again, it may not, since it arrives on the heels of the...
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Jewel came dangerously close to drowning in her own solemnity and good intentions with her second album, so it comes as a great relief that This Way, her third effort, finds...
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Within the liner notes to her fourth album, 0304, Jewel includes a note to her fans, explaining, "This album may seem different to you," which is putting it mildly. For a...
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