JEWEL RETURNS TO HER ROOTS WITH PERSONAL NEW ALBUM PICKING UP THE PIECES

Folk-influenced LP out Sept. 11 on Sugar Hill Records, offers fans 14 new tracks; Available for pre-order here now.

She first appeared on the scene like a supernova and now, just five years since her last singer-songwriter album, Jewel is returning to the deep, personal territory and folk sound that made her one of music's most exciting young voices when she released the transcendent Pieces of You.

As revealed by RollingStone.com this morning, Jewel will release her new album Picking Up the Pieces on Sept. 11 through Sugar Hill Records, now available for pre-order here. She self-produced the 14-track LP - with her first producer, the late Ben Keith, always in mind – and hired a band comprised mostly of Neil Young collaborators to help her strip away the veneer she’d built up over two decades in the music business.

“This is just me. These are my thoughts. These are my feelings. This is my poetry,” Jewel said. “It really felt like returning to a part of me that I didn’t mean to lose, but with time and relationships and life and surviving and dealing, you take on new things and not all of them are great.”

The last five years have been full of change, both personal and creative, for the 41-year-old Alaska-born singer. Her 4-year-old son Kase was born, but her marriage fell apart. She wrote her memoir, Never Broken, and recorded a pair of children’s albums. Picking Up the Pieces captures some of these moments on “Love Used to Be” and “Mercy,” but also gathers longtime unrecorded live favorites like “Carnivore” and “Boy Needs a Bike.” The album also includes “My Father’s Daughter,” a stunning autobiographical collaboration with Dolly Parton.

Jewel said she wanted to make an album where she didn’t feel “diluted”: “I was trying to keep my mind quiet and honestly get back to something I feel like I’d lost touch with in my life. It was really an exercise in shutting out fear. I was giving myself permission to be exactly who and what I was.”
For more information about Jewel, Picking Up the Pieces and tour dates, check in at www.JewelJK.com and follow @jeweljk on Twitter.

Little Big Town Brings "Hope" To the ACM's

 

Little Big Town will perform the song, "Here's Hope" in perfect harmony with the Clark County Children's Choir as part of the ACM Lifting Lives segment on the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards taking place on April 1, 2012. The song was written by Hunter Hayes, Luke Laird and Barry Dean. Hunter Hayes will kick off the performance. The portion of the show is courtesy of ConAgra Foods' Child Hunger Ends Here, which is donating up to 5 million meals this school year to Feeding America. Jewel has  also recorded her version of the track, which is available through the purchase of ConAgra products through Aug. 2012.

VIDEO: Jewel Shares What It's Like to Face Hunger - ConAgra Foods "Child Hunger Ends Here" Campaign

Jewel recorded the song “Here’s Hope” for ConAgra Foods’ Child Hunger Ends Here campaign, which supports Feeding America. Hunter Hayes, Luke Laird and Barry Dean are credited with writing the song. What a great cause and a great song to celebrate it!

Hear the song and learn more here

Country Artists Miranda Lambert and Jewel to Be Mentors on Season 2 of NBC's "The Voice"

Country music heavy hitters, Miranda Lambert and Jewel will be teaming up with two of pop music's best, Lionel Richie and Kelly Clarkson, to mentor this season's contestants on season 2 of NBC's "The Voice".

Miranda and Kelly will advise Blake Shelton's team, while Jewel and Richie will be lending their expertise and suggestions to those on Christina Aguilera.s team. Season 2 of "The Voice" kicks off  February 5, 2012 directly following the Superbowl on NBC. Check your local listings for the time and channel in your area.

BIG MACHINE RECORDS PARTNERS WITH COLONIAL CANDLE® TO LAUNCH EXCLUSIVE HOLIDAY GIFT SET

COUNTRY SUPERSTARS REBA, MARTINA MCBRIDE, RASCAL FLATTS & MORE
WILL BE FEATURED ON THE HOLIDAY ALBUM & CANDLE GIFT SET

NASHVILLE, TN (September 28, 2011) -– Big Machine Records and Colonial Candle today announced an exciting partnership just in time for the holiday season. An all-star lineup of Country artists singing their favorite Christmas carols – coupled with the magical scent of a yuletide fire and fresh cut pine – provides a perfect transition into the holiday season. The new luxury boxed gift set features an exclusive holiday CD packaged with an 8-ounce Colonial Candle “Holiday Sparkle”-fragranced candle. Suggested retail price for the gift set is $25.

Exclusively available from Colonial Candle and Big Machine Records, featured artists include Reba (“I'll Be Home for Christmas”), Rascal Flatts (“Mary Did You Know”), Martina McBride (“Please Come Home for Christmas”), Jewel (“Angels We Have Heard on High”), The Band Perry (“Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”), Justin Moore (“Run Rudolph Run”), Eli Young Band (“Wonderful Christmastime”),Steel Magnolia (“It's Christmas Time”) and Edens Edge (“O Holy Night”).

Perfect for the Country music lover, teacher, hostess, family and friends, the Colonial Candle gift set will be available in select retailers and online at www.colonialcandle.com beginning in October and throughout the holiday season.