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| | VH1.com : Jewel : Biography - Urge Music Downloads |
 | | Born Jewel Kilcher on May 23, 1974, in Payson, UT, she was raised in remote Homer, AK, and began her music career at the age of six, regularly performing alongside her singer/songwriter parents in local Eskimo villages and tourist attractions. |
 | | While attending Michigan's Interlochen Fine Arts Academy, Jewel began writing her first songs; upon graduating, she joined her mother in San Diego, suffering through a series of short-lived day jobs before deciding to flee the nine-to-five world for good, at which time she moved into her van and began focusing on a career in music. |
 | | In 1998 Jewel returned with Night Without Armor, a collection of her spoken word poetry; her hotly anticipated second album, Spirit, followed later that year, as did the seasonal collection Joy: A Holiday Collection. |
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