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...have opened up bounteous opportunities for ridiculing her brand of breezy pop. Sure, she will never touch a Joan Osborne or a Cassandra Wilson for innovation or craftsmanship, but she is just as capable in her element as Jewel or Sarah "I-will-remember-you-will-you-remember-me?" McLachlan are in theirs. Back off, you coffee-shop snobs...
Brooks' personal battles and consequent cry of self-acceptance parallel the sentiments of other female artists. Sarah McLachlan contemplates "Building a Mystery" in her graceful, soothing voice. Although she was not top on my list, a few close peers were obsessed and I enjoyed by default. Jewel mourns life problems on all her songs-whiny but memorable. Despite not being my favorite genre, the summer wouldn't have been complete without this female musical scene...
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...
...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...
Three cheers for McLachlan and her vision of Lilith Fair! I spent many an hour sitting beside Sarah in high school English class while she dreamily sketched elaborate designs in her textbook, drawings that later evolved into album covers. I listened while our instructor scolded her for not reading Macbeth and told her that to succeed in life she needed to focus on academics, not art and music. And I cheered when she released her first album in the face of all doubt that anyone would want to hear what she had to say. She has proved that...