Pieces Of You

Performer: Jewel
Artist: Charlotte Caffey
Engineer: John Nowland; Tim Mulligan
Producer: Ben Keith
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Jewel Kilcher (guitar, vocals); Kris Wilkinson (strings); Robbie Buchanan, Charlotte Caffey (piano); Spooner Oldham (keyboards); Tim Drummond, Mark Howard (bass); Oscar Butterworth (drums). Recorded at the Broken Arrow Ranch, Woodside, California and live at Innerchange Coffeehouse, San Diego, California. All songs written or co-written by Jewel Kilcher. Jewel was nominated for the 1997 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. "Who Will Save Your Soul" was nominated for a 1997 Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Personnel: Jewel (vocals, guitar); Kristin Wilkinson (strings); Robbie Buchanan, Charlotte Caffey (piano); Spooner Oldham (keyboards); Oscar Butterworth (drums). Audio Mixers: Gene Eichelberger; John Nowland; Tim Mulligan. Recording information: Broken Arrow Ranch, Woodside, CA; Innerchange Coffeehouse, San Diego, CA. Photographer: Hugh Hales-Tooke. Arrangers: Jewel; Charlotte Caffey. When this Alaskan decided to give up her day job and move into her Volkswagen van in 1993, she began an almost storybook ascendance to the upper echelon of singer-songwriters. Like so many other aspiring musicians with a guitar and a story to tell, Jewel is a keen observer of human behavior. But it is her voice, a classically-trained instrument that has developed far beyond Jewel's 22 years, that makes her debut album--much of which was recorded at Neil Young's Broken Arrow Ranch with pieces of his HARVEST MOON band--such a joy. Jewel's is a special voice, one that can portray enormous emotional range with only slight alterations in color and texture. She sings "I'm Sensitive" with coy innocence, and gives the title track a biting, scolding quality. "Amen," the album's finale, is perhaps Jewel's most stunning vocal display, with her gorgeous, ethereal falsetto lifting us into a world where beautiful voices can speak volumes.

Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.63) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."

Influenced in equal measure by Tracy Chapman, the Indigo Girls, and Natalie Merchant, modern-day folk-rock singer Jewel hit it big in the late-'90s with her confessional and stark songwriting. Jewel has also branched out into other fields besides music--as a published poet and movie actress.

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