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Reading about the new generation of female musicians has made me less optimistic about pop culture. The fact that singer-songwriters like Sarah McLachlan and Jewel have managed to break through the homogenized slop that record companies are distributing does not mean that music or women have been liberated. As is the case with all true artists, it is their writing, singing and passion that do the most to distinguish them, not their gender. CRAIG R. BAYER North Bergen...
...your writer bring Jewel's "sexy yellow swimsuit" into an article about women revolutionizing the music industry? The mention stops short of making a point and is irrelevant to the music these women make with their guitars, pianos and voices. EMILY G. GRAHAM Oklahoma City, Okla...
Popular recognition of chick rock has been a long time coming. Liz Phair was using naughty words long before Meredith Brooks set out to use the word bitch as a means of empowerment, and Ani DiFranco was shaking things up while Jewel was still reading by candlelight on the granola farm. You made a mistake in choosing to shine the spotlight on the popular yet sophomoric Jewel. The Lilith Fair music festival exists because it was McLachlan's idea, not because of Jewel. ANNE DAVIDSEN Timonium...
...prodigiously popular "brands" on earth, one whose potential to generate revenue may have only just begun to be tapped. The market's elasticity will be tested by the new 330-seat Elvis Presley's Memphis, a theme restaurant and nightclub that opened last week in Memphis (opening act: folksinger Jewel, "the kind of entertainer," an EPE spokesman maintained, "Elvis would have selected were he alive today"). The company hopes that similar clubs, all serving the deep-fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches Elvis adored (as well as more healthful fare), will follow in Orlando, Fla., and New York City...
Barely employed, she became a surfer girl, writing songs on the beach, including the future hit Who Will Save Your Soul? She wrote many of the songs on Pieces of You during that difficult period. And yet, while they recognize that reality bites, the lyrics are surprisingly optimistic. Jewel explains, "It's so easy to feel alone and to feel like you're the only one going through whatever you're going through. You feel very isolated in it--especially when you're young, when you're around 18. When I was that age, I was amazed and so thankful...