JEWEL
Name: Jewel Kilcher
Born: 23 May 1974 Payson, Utah, United States
Jewel Kilcher (born May 23, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter,
actress, poet and philanthropist, generally known just by her first name, Jewel.
She has received three Grammy Award nominations. Her debut album Pieces of You
became one of the best selling debut albums of all time going platinum twelve
times.
Jewel was born in Payson, Utah, the daughter of Nedra Carroll, an artist and
personal manager, and Atz Kilcher, an elementary school music teacher, folk
singer and social worker. Her mother of Irish descent and her father is of
Swiss-German origin. She is the cousin of actress Q'Orianka Kilcher. She
spent most of her young life in Homer, Alaska, living with her father. The
home she grew up in did not have indoor plumbing; it had a simple outhouse
instead. She and her father sometimes earned a living by singing in bars and
taverns. It was from these experiences she learned to yodel, a quality
demonstrated in many of her songs. Her father was a Mormon, but they stopped
attending the church shortly before she turned eight. Yule Kilcher, her
grandfather, was a state senator involved in drafting Alaska's constitution for
its admission into a state from a territory in 1959.
During high school, Jewel was known to spell her name "Jule" or "Juel," but she
attributes this to simply playing with her name.
Jewel learned to play the guitar while on scholarship at the prestigious
Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan, where she majored in operatic
voice. She started writing songs at the age of seventeen.
For a time, she was poverty-stricken and lived in her van while traveling about
the country doing street performances and small gigs. She gained some
recognition by singing at the Innerchange Coffeehouse and Java Joe's in San
Diego, California. Her friend Steve Poltz's band, The Rugburns, played the
same venues. Jewel later collaborated with Poltz on some of her songs,
including " You Were Meant For Me." (He also appeared in the second, best-known,
video for this song.) The Rugburns opened for Jewel on her Tiny Lights tour in
1997. Poltz appeared in Jewel's band on the Spirit World Tour 1999 playing
guitar.
Name: Jewel Kilcher
Born: 23 May 1974 Payson, Utah, United States
Jewel Kilcher (born May 23, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter,
actress, poet and philanthropist, generally known just by her first name, Jewel.
She has received three Grammy Award nominations. Her debut album Pieces of You
became one of the best selling debut albums of all time going platinum twelve
times.
Jewel was born in Payson, Utah, the daughter of Nedra Carroll, an artist and
personal manager, and Atz Kilcher, an elementary school music teacher, folk
singer and social worker. Her mother of Irish descent and her father is of
Swiss-German origin. She is the cousin of actress Q'Orianka Kilcher. She
spent most of her young life in Homer, Alaska, living with her father. The
home she grew up in did not have indoor plumbing; it had a simple outhouse
instead. She and her father sometimes earned a living by singing in bars and
taverns. It was from these experiences she learned to yodel, a quality
demonstrated in many of her songs. Her father was a Mormon, but they stopped
attending the church shortly before she turned eight. Yule Kilcher, her
grandfather, was a state senator involved in drafting Alaska's constitution for
its admission into a state from a territory in 1959.
During high school, Jewel was known to spell her name "Jule" or "Juel," but she
attributes this to simply playing with her name.
Jewel learned to play the guitar while on scholarship at the prestigious
Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan, where she majored in operatic
voice. She started writing songs at the age of seventeen.
For a time, she was poverty-stricken and lived in her van while traveling about
the country doing street performances and small gigs. She gained some
recognition by singing at the Innerchange Coffeehouse and Java Joe's in San
Diego, California. Her friend Steve Poltz's band, The Rugburns, played the
same venues. Jewel later collaborated with Poltz on some of her songs,
including " You Were Meant For Me." (He also appeared in the second, best-known,
video for this song.) The Rugburns opened for Jewel on her Tiny Lights tour in
1997. Poltz appeared in Jewel's band on the Spirit World Tour 1999 playing
guitar.