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We haven’t heard much from singer Jewel lately. Or maybe she’s just been in disguise. The full-time folk singer and part-time yodeler went undercover at a Los Angeles karaoke bar to sing some of her best-known songs to a confused and delighted audience.
With a crew in tow from Funny Or Die, the singer played the part of a mild-mannered business woman named “Karen,” who had to be egged on to take the stage and sing. Many of Karen’s “friends” were actually actors from the comedic website. Sporting a fake nose, a boring business suit, and a dark wig, the singer acted shy, took the stage, and then promptly rocked the bar with her signature tunes.
Watching the clips, you can see the audience begin to realize that something is definitely up. Unsuspecting gawkers comment that “she sounds like Jewel,” but few, if any, realize that the singer sounds like Jewel for a reason. She is Jewel.
The country music singer takes fans for a behind-the-scene tour of her recording session and her time at home with her husband.
Jewel’s ‘No Good in Goodbye’ Music Video Arrives“No Good in Goodbye” music video from Jewel Kilcher has been unveiled. It does not only allow fans to get a closer look at the making of the song but also provides them with a glimpse of the country music singer’s life back home with her husband Ty Murray.
A self-penned song, “No Good in Goodbye” is taken from Jewel’s ninth studio album “Sweet and Wild”. This is the third track in the album which got music video treatment following “Stay Here Forever” and “Satisfied”.
“The theme of this album is finding what’s true about you and your life, and defending it and valuing it above all else,” said Jewel. “My newest country album will share so many of my personal feelings of love and happiness that I have written into the songs.”
Source – Aceshowbiz.com
Sweet and Wild is in stores today! Don’t forget to get your copy!!!
Two years ago, Jewel released her first country album, Perfectly Clear, which made her an unintended part of a trend.
Her shift from pop singer-songwriter to country came at the same time that Darius Rucker and Jessica Simpson both attempted that move. Darius went gonzo with four hits from his album Learn To Live, which went platinum and led him to the Country Music Association’s New Artist of the Year award. Jessica never quite connected and moved along to other parts of the entertainment business.
“It was odd timing,” Jewel told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “Everybody was doing it at the same time.”
Jewel fared well enough. She got a pair of Top 20 country singles out of Perfectly Clear and took off on a lengthy tour with Brad Paisley. If anyone doubts her sincerity, she’s back with a second country album, Sweet And Wild, which gets released on Tuesday. And she understands that she needs to continue working on the relationship with fans to make sure they know she’s for real.
This was in my email inbox this morning! Don’t forget to preorder your copy!
You can now preorder Sweet And Wild…including the autographed deluxe version (11 full band studio tracks PLUS 11 acoustic versions named by Jewel as the Sweet And Mild collection) and special addition packages!
What will you be getting?
In addition to the autographed copy of Sweet And Wild Deluxe, you have the option to buy a few very special pieces that are must haves for every Jewel fan. But remember – this offer only lasts for the preorder!
You can get a copy of the coffee table style book of The Making Of Sweet And Wild - a book filled with behind the scenes photos of the creation of Sweet And Wild, as well as stories from Jewel about the process.
You also have the option to upgrade for the most premium package – Sweet And Wild Deluxe, The Making Of Sweet And Wild AND a custom Jewel addition Baby Taylor Guitar that Jewel designed.
Hurry – this offer is for a limited time only!
Singer/songwriter Jewel will sing the national anthem before the start of the 94th Indianapolis 500.
Word that Jewel will perform before the May 30 race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway comes three weeks after track officials said they hoped to bring iconic actor Jack Nicholson to wave the green flag this year.
Nicholson isn’t a sure thing yet, but officials are working to finalize his travel details, said Jeff Belskus, president and chief executive officer of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corp.
Jewel’s connection to this year’s 500 comes through Professional Bull Riders, Inc., and her bull-riding husband, Ty Murray.
Randy Bernard, the new CEO of the Izod IndyCar Series and former PBR leader, got Murray’s help in turning the once-struggling professional rodeo series into the world-wide show it is now.
Murray, a PBR investor, is expected to attend the 500, too, along with some other celebrities connected to Bernard and Izod, which became the title sponsor of Indy-car racing last year.
In this fifth in her series of exclusive blogs for The Boot, Jewel goes back in time to a painful place … She was struggling to make a living off her music and dodging critics about her weight. Read below, in the celebrated singer/songwriter’s own words.
So there I was, Somewhere USA, in a bathroom stall of a dressing room in a crappy bar, kneeling over the toilet and crying. Was I sick? No. Well sort of – but not sick to my stomach. Well, I had a stomachache, don’t get me wrong, but it was purely self-induced. It wasn’t the flu – it was cake. A whole cake. Has this ever happened to anyone else? Has anyone ever eaten an entire birthday cake by yourself? No? Just me?
Let me start by giving you a little background. I was 20 or so and I was tired. I had recently been “discovered” two years earlier. You all probably know the story – I was homeless for a year when I was 18 because I had a boss who asked me to sleep with him one day. When I turned him down, he didn’t give me my paycheck, and when I couldn’t pay rent, I was kicked out of where I was living. My solution? Live in my car until I got a new job, and I could save enough money for a deposit on a new apartment. Well, it didn’t quite work out like that. I had sick kidneys, and kept missing work at new jobs because I was sick, and so I kept getting fired. Then the car I was living in got stolen … which sucked.
Jewel would like to set the record straight: She did not bail on Alaskans when two shows were canceled many years ago. And, yes, she’ll certainly show up at concerts scheduled this week.
“I was on tour on both occasions already and I’ve never double-booked anything in my life,” she says of long-standing reports that she canceled a New Year’s Eve concert to ring in 2000 as well as an appearance at the Alaska State Fair in 1996, when she was touring with Neil Young.
The 35-year-old singer-songwriter, born Jewel Kilcher, said she was never booked for the shows by her agency that she knew of and was surprised when people asked about her going to Alaska. It bothers her that so many Alaskans believe she abandoned the shows — some airing their resentments quite vociferously.
Her Alaska roots helped make her “a creative, independent, freethinking woman,” says Jewel, who was 6 when she began performing with her father in her hometown of Homer.
After leaving Alaska, she was living in a van in San Diego before vaulting from obscurity with her 1995 debut album, “Pieces of You,” and hits like “You Were Meant for Me” and “Who Will Save Your Soul.”
Sweet and Wild
