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Jewel performing at the Valley Performing Arts Center, Los Angeles, May 18, 2016
Born
May 23, 1974 (age 45)
Payson, Utah, U.S.
ResidenceNashville, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
Occupation
Years active1994–present
Home townHomer, Alaska, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Ty Murray
(m. 2008; div. 2014)
Children1[1]
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Labels
Associated acts
Websitewww.jeweljk.com

Jewel Kilcher (born May 23, 1974),[2] known mononymously as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, actress, author, and poet. She has received four Grammy Award nominations and, as of 2015, has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.[3]

Kilcher was raised in Homer, Alaska, where she grew up singing and yodeling as a duo with her father, a local musician. At age fifteen, she received a partial scholarship at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, where she studied operatic voice. After graduating, she began writing and performing at clubs and coffeehouses in San Diego, California. Based on local media attention, she was offered a recording contract with Atlantic Records, who released her debut album, Pieces of You, in 1995; it went on to become one of the best-selling debut albums of all time, going 12-times platinum. The debut single from the album, 'Who Will Save Your Soul', peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100; two others, 'You Were Meant for Me' and 'Foolish Games', reached number two on the Hot 100, and were listed on Billboard's 1997 year-end singles chart, as well as Billboard's 1998 year-end singles chart.

Her subsequent album, Spirit, was released in 1998, followed by This Way (2001). In 2003, she released 0304, which marked a departure from her previous folk-oriented records, featuring electronic arrangements and elements of dance-pop. In 2008, she released Perfectly Clear, her first country album; it debuted atop Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and featured three singles, 'Stronger Woman', 'I Do', and 'Til It Feels Like Cheating'. Jewel released her first independent album, Lullaby, in 2009.

Jewel has also had endeavors in writing and acting; in 1998 she released a collection of poetry, and the following year appeared in a supporting role in Ang Lee's Western film Ride with the Devil (1999) which earned her critical acclaim.

  • 2Career
  • 7Discography

Early life[edit]

Jewel was born May 23, 1974 in Payson, Utah, the second child of Attila Kuno 'Atz' Kilcher and Lenedra Jewel Kilcher (née Carroll).[4][5] At the time of her birth, her parents had been living in Utah with her elder brother, Shane; her father was attending Brigham Young University.[6] She is a first cousin once removed of actress Q'orianka Kilcher.[7] Her father, originally from Alaska, was a Mormon, though the family stopped attending The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after her parents' divorce when she was eight years old.[8] Her paternal grandfather, Yule Kilcher, was a delegate to the Alaska Constitutional convention and a state senator of German descent[9][10] who settled in Alaska after emigrating from Switzerland.[11][12] He was also the first recorded person to cross the Harding Icefield.[13]

Shortly after her birth, the family relocated to Anchorage, Alaska, settling on the Kilcher family's 770-acre (310 ha) homestead.[14] There, her younger brother, Atz Jr., was born.[14] She also has a half-brother, Nikos, who was primarily raised in Oregon by his mother, with whom her father had a brief relationship; she would later become close to him in adulthood.[15] After her parents' divorce in 1981, Kilcher lived with her father in Homer, Alaska.[16][17] The house she grew up in lacked indoor plumbing and had only a simple outhouse.[18] The Kilcher family is featured on the Discovery Channel show Alaska: The Last Frontier, which chronicles their day-to-day struggles living in the Alaskan wilderness. Recalling her upbringing, she said:

We lived far from town. We had to walk 2 miles (3.2 km) just to get to the saddle barn I was raised in... No running water, no heat—we had a coal stove and an outhouse and we mainly lived off of what we could kill or can. We picked berries and made jam. We caught fish to freeze and had gardens and cattle to live on. I rode horses every day in the summer beneath the Alaskan midnight sun. I loved it there.[10]

The Hilton Anchorage, where Jewel sometimes performed with her father as a child

According to Kilcher, the first song she learned to sing was 'Saint Louis Blues'.[19] In her youth, Kilcher and her father sometimes earned a living by performing music in roadhouses and taverns as a father-daughter duo; they also often sang at hotels in Anchorage, including the Hotel Captain Cook and the Hilton Anchorage.[10][20] It was during this time that Kilcher learned to yodel from her father.[21] She would later credit the time she spent in bars as integral to her formative years: 'I saw women who would compromise themselves for compliments, for flattery; or men who would run away from themselves by drinking until they ultimately killed themselves.'[22]

At age fifteen, while working at a dance studio in Anchorage, she was referred by the studio instructor to Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan, where she applied and received a partial scholarship to study operatic voice.[23] Local businesses in her hometown of Homer donated items for auction to help allocate additional funds, and raised a total of $11,000 to pay the remainder of her first year's tuition.[10] She subsequently relocated to Michigan to attend Interlochen, where she received classical training, and also learned to play guitar.[24] She began writing songs on guitar at age sixteen.[25] While in school, she would often perform live in coffeehouses.[26] After graduating, she relocated to San Diego, California, where she worked in a coffee shop and as a phone operator at a computer warehouse.[27]

Career[edit]

1993–1997: Beginnings and Pieces of You[edit]

Jewel at President Bill Clinton's inauguration party

For a time, Kilcher lived in her car while traveling around the country doing street performances and small gigs, mainly in Southern California.[25] She gained recognition by singing at The Inner Change Cafe and Java Joe's in San Diego;[28] she would later make her debut record at Java Joe's when it was in Poway, where she had worked as a barista.[29] Her friend Steve Poltz's band, The Rugburns, played the same venues.[30] She later collaborated with Poltz on some of her songs, including 'You Were Meant for Me'. (He also appeared in the song's second, better-known video.) The Rugburns opened for Jewel on her Tiny Lights tour in 1997. Poltz appeared in Jewel's band on the Spirit World Tour 1999 playing guitar.[31]

Kilcher was discovered by Inga Vainshtein in August 1993 when John Hogan, lead singer from the local San Diego band Rust, whom Vainshtein was managing, called to tell her about a girl surfer who sang at a local coffee shop on Thursdays. Vainshtein drove to The Inner Change with representative Atlantic Records, and after the show called Danny Goldberg, the head of Atlantic Record's West Coast operations, and asked him to pay for her demo, since at the time she was living in a van and lacked the means to record any of her own music.[25] Vainshtein, who at the time was working as a Vice President of Productions at Paramount, went on to become her manager and was instrumental in creating a major bidding war that led to her deal with Atlantic Records.[32] She continued to manage Jewel until the end of the first album cycle and shaped the path of the first five years of Jewel's career. Jewel's debut album Pieces of You was released under the eponym of Jewel, in 1995 when she was 21 years old.[33] Recorded in a studio on singer Neil Young's ranch, it included Young's backing band, The Stray Gators, who played on his Harvest and Harvest Moon albums. Part of the album was recorded live at The Inner Change Cafe in San Diego, where she had risen to local fame. The album stayed on the Billboard 200 for two years, reaching number four at its peak.[34] The album spawned the Top 10 hits 'You Were Meant for Me', 'Who Will Save Your Soul', and 'Foolish Games'. The album eventually sold over 12 million copies in the United States alone.[35]

In the late 1990s, Mike Connell created an electronic mailing list for fans, known as 'Everyday Angels'. Although Jewel herself does not subscribe to this mailing list, she maintained communication with her EA fans. On July 18 and 19, 1996, she gave a two-day concert known as 'JewelStock' at the Bearsville Theatre. Jewel allowed the concert to be taped, and fans circulated the concert without profit.[36]

1998–2002: Spirit and other ventures[edit]

Jewel performing live for U.S. troops at the Ramstein Air Base, Germany, December 17, 2000

Jewel was chosen to sing the American national anthem at the opening of the Super Bowl XXXII in January 1998 in San Diego. She was introduced as 'San Diego's own Jewel!' but criticized for lip syncing the anthem to a digitally-recorded track of her own voice. This was especially noticeable due to her missing her cue and not mouthing the first words. Super Bowl producers have since admitted that they attempt to have all performers pre-record their vocals.[37] She performed the 'Star-Spangled Banner' again in the 2003 NBA Finals in one of the New Jersey Nets's home games.[38]

On May 19, 1998, she published a book of poetry titled A Night Without Armor. Although it sold over 1 million copies and was a New York Times best seller, it received mixed reviews.[39] During an MTV interview in 1998, Kurt Loder pointed out the incorrect usage, in her book of poetry, of the word 'casualty' (instead of the intended 'casually') to which Jewel responded, 'You're a smartass for pointing that out. Next topic.'[40] In the fall of 1998, the poet Beau Sia composed a book-length response to A Night Without Armor that he titled A Night Without Armor II: The Revenge.[41] The reviewer Edna Gundersen, writing in USA Today, noted, 'Hers is flowery and sensitive. His is wry and absurd.'[42]

Jewel's second studio album, which she titled Spirit, was released on November 17, 1998.[43] The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 with 368,000 copies sold in its first week. It eventually sold 3.7 million units in the United States.[44] Its lead single, 'Hands,' peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Other singles followed, including a new version of 'Jupiter (Swallow the Moon),' 'What's Simple Is True,' which she meant to be the theme song to her upcoming movie, and the charity single 'Life Uncommon.'[45] Shortly after the release of Spirit, Jewel made her acting debut playing the character Sue Lee Shelley in Ang Lee's Western film Ride with the Devil (1999), opposite Tobey Maguire. The film received mixed-positive reviews,[46] though critic Roger Ebert praised her performance, writing: 'Jewel deserves praise for, quite simply, performing her character in a convincing and unmannered way. She is an actress here, not a pop star trying out a new hobby.'[47]

In November 1999, Jewel released Joy: A Holiday Collection. The album sold over a million copies and peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard 200. She released a cover of 'Joy to the World' from the album as a single.[48] In 2000, she completed an autobiography titled Chasing Down the Dawn, a collection of diary entries and musings detailing her life growing up in Alaska, her struggle to learn her craft, and life on the road.[49] In November 2001, her fourth studio album, This Way, was released. The album peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 and sold over 1.5 million copies in the U.S. A song from the album 'Standing Still' hit the Top 30. Other singles released were 'Break Me,' 'This Way,' and 'Serve the Ego;' this last gave Jewel her first number one club hit.[50]

2003–2006: 0304 and Goodbye Alice in Wonderland[edit]

In June 2003, Jewel released her fifth studio album, titled 0304.[51] The album was promoted by its lead single, 'Intuition,' which reached No. 5 on the Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart and No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.[52] Within two months of its release, the album had sold over 350,000 in the United States.[53] The shift in musical style on 0304 was noted by several critics, with People deeming it 'an extreme musical makeover.'[51] In response, Jewel commented that she had been inspired to make a more upbeat-sounding record in light of the Iraq War: 'I knew we were headed to war [at the time]... The music that has always done well during wartime has always been music that makes you want to escape.'[53] In his review of the album, Alexis Petridis of The Guardian awarded it two out of five stars, writing: 'It's difficult to decide whether Kilcher's new image is a 180-degree career shift or simply a particularly elaborate attempt to get into Private Eye's Warballs column. Either way, it's the most dramatic image overhaul you're ever likely to see, unless Holly Valance decides to start taking the stage in a donkey jacket and Doc Martens and covering The Pop Group's 'For How Much Longer Will We Tolerate Mass Murder?'[53]

On May 2, 2006, Jewel released her sixth studio album, Goodbye Alice in Wonderland. The album received mixed reviews, but still managed to debut at No. 8 on the Billboard Albums Chart and sold 82,000 copies in its first week.[54] The lead single 'Again and Again' had success on Adult Top 40 Radio, peaking at No. 16.[55] The second single 'Good Day' was released to radio in late June and peaked at No. 30 on the Adult Pop Songs charts. In the album's liner notes, Jewel addressed her audience in a personal letter, writing: 'Goodbye Alice in Wonderland is the story of my life and is the most autobiographical album I have made since Pieces of You... By the end of the 13th song, if you have listened closely, you will have heard the story of the sirens song that seduced me, of a path I both followed and led, of bizarre twists and turns that opened my eyes, forcing me to find solutions so that discovering the truth would not lead to a loss of hope.'[56]

CMT music critic Timothy Duggan praised the Goodbye Alice in Wonderland, writing: 'This album showcases Jewel's unique talent as a lyricist, alongside a definite growth in her musicianship. It is what Pieces of You might have been had Jewel had the musical knowledge then that she has now. A very satisfying work, all in all.'[57]Rolling Stone, however, called the album 'overdone and undercooked' with a rating of 2 stars out of 5.[58] To promote the album, a music video for 'Stephenville, TX', Jewel's next single, was shown on Yahoo! Launch.[59] After a photo shoot at her Texas ranch, Jewel spontaneously decided to have photographer Kurt Markus shoot the music video for the song 'Goodbye Alice in Wonderland'. According to an Atlantic Records press release, 'The homegrown clip beautifully reflects both the song's organic, intimate sound and its powerfully autobiographical story.'[60]

2007–2008: Label shift and Perfectly Clear[edit]

Jewel performing live in Providence, Rhode Island, September 2008

Jewel released a video for 'Quest for Love', the lead single from the movie Arthur and the Invisibles, recorded in 2006; the song is only available on the soundtrack for the film, which was released in January 2007.[61] In early February 2007 Jewel recorded a duet with Jason Michael Carroll, 'No Good in Goodbye', that was featured on Carroll's debut CD, Waitin' in the Country. She also made a promotional appearance on the T in Boston for the Verizon Yellow Pages, playing songs on a moving subway car and then doing an hour-long acoustic concert in South Station.

In a 2007 interview with The Boston Globe, Jewel stated that she was no longer affiliated with a record label, confirming rumors that Atlantic Records had failed to renew her contract after the lackluster sales of her then-latest album. She also hinted that she would like to do a country album next.[62] She worked with John Rich of Big & Rich fame, who said that she was 'probably one of the greatest American singer-songwriters we have had.' He also said that 'every label in Nashville' was talking to her at the time.[63]

In November 2007, Jewel was signed to Valory Records, a newly formed division of the independent Big Machine Records label.[64] Her first country album, Perfectly Clear, was released on June 3, 2008, selling 48,000 units in its first week. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Album Chart and No. 8 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart.[65] In its second week on the charts, the album dropped to No. 25 on the Billboard 200 and No. 5 on the Country Albums chart, with estimated second week sales of 75,000 units.[citation needed] Jewel made her second film appearance in a cameo, appearing as herself in the comedy film Walk Hard, released in December 2007.[66]

Approximately a month later, 'Stronger Woman', the lead single from Perfectly Clear, was released to country radio on January 17, 2008, and entered the Top 20 on the BillboardHot Country Songs charts. On April 26, 2008, it peaked at No. 13. The next single, 'I Do', was released to radio on June 23, 2008. The video for the single featured her cowboy then-husband, Ty Murray. This song peaked at No. 28. Following it was 'Til It Feels Like Cheating', which peaked at No. 57.[67]Perfectly Clear was released in Australia in late May 2009. It was then released across Europe by Humphead Records in June 2009.

2009–2013: Lullaby and other releases[edit]

Jewel at the Yahoo! Yodel event in New York City, October 2009.

In early 2009 it was announced that Jewel would release a new studio album titled Lullaby, a collection of lullabies which she described as 'not just for children, but also adults'. Its lead single, 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow', was released on iTunes on March 17, 2009. The album was released on May 5, 2009. 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' was No. 1 on The Top Children's Songs the week of release. Like 2011's The Merry Goes 'Round, it is sold under the Fisher Price brand[68] which Jewel described as 'a great partnership'.[69]

She also recorded the 'Make It Last' with R&B singer Tyrese in conjunction with the release of his comic book Mayhem!. It was intended to be used for the soundtrack to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen but did not appear on the final track listing.[70]

In January 2010 Jewel released 'Stay Here Forever' from the soundtrack to the film Valentine's Day. It also served as the lead-off single to Jewel's ninth studio album Sweet and Wild released on June 8, 2010.[71] The single debuted at No. 48 on the Hot Country Songs chart and reached No. 34 in May 2010. 'Satisfied' was released as the album's second single on May 17, 2010, reaching its highest peak of No. 57. On October 10, 2010, Jewel released the third single from Sweet and Wild, 'Ten'. It made its debut on the Hot Country Songs Chart at No. 55 on the week of October 15, 2010, and peaked at No. 51 two weeks later.

Jewel's second children's album, The Merry Goes 'Round, was released in August 2011.[72] Like 2009's Lullaby, it is sold under the Fisher-Price brand.[73]

In June 2012, Jewel was cast in the lead role as June Carter Cash in the Lifetime original movie Ring of Fire, opposite Matt Ross.[74] Brian Lowry of Variety commended Jewel's live singing in the film, and noted: 'Jewel and Ross are convincing as the central couple, playing them over an extended span.'[75] On October 16, 2012, Jewel announced via Twitter a 'Greatest Hits' album would be released in 2013.[76] The album features new duets from Kelly Clarkson and the Pistol Annies. Jewel and Clarkson recorded a fresh rendition of Jewel's song 'Foolish Games' while Jewel and the Pistol Annies recut 'You Were Meant for Me'.[77] The Greatest Hits album was released February 5, 2013.

On August 6, 2013, Jewel announced the release of her second Christmas album, titled Let It Snow: A Holiday Collection, scheduled for release on November 12, 2013. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Jewel was quoted as saying 'I wanted this record to have a resemblance to the first album. It's a continuation of mood and spirit of that record, with the mood and feel of the album artwork with an image and tone that evokes that spirit.'[78]

2014–present: Picking Up the Pieces and Never Broken[edit]

In February 2014, Jewel began work on her next album and confirmed that it will not be released by a major record label, and that she was producing it herself.[79] In April 2015, she appeared as a guest musician on Blues Traveler's album Blow Up the Moon, co-writing the song 'Hearts Still Awake.'[80] On June 28, she revealed in a Q&A on Facebook that her upcoming album would be released in the second week of September of that year, and would feature a folk sound recorded with a live band. On July 21, Jewel confirmed the title as Picking Up the Pieces.[81]Picking Up the Pieces was released on September 11, 2015. Four days later, on September 15, she released her third book, a new memoir entitled Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story.[3]

Jewel recently founded Jewel Inc., which is a platform for all of her passions and work in music, tv, film and entrepreneurial endeavors. Jewel is creating human development, education and mindfulness tools for individuals by collaborating with school districts, corporations and consumers, in hopes of helping more people to become WHOLE HUMANS. To this end she is partnering with one of the worlds most innovative companies (Zappos) and entrepreneurs (Tony Hsieh) to help deliver happiness into people's every day lives, at work and at home. This business will offer organizations a digital curriculum to help them enter the next frontier of corporate culture; making meaningful investments in their human capital.

She is also partnering with parenting and education experts to create curriculum for public schools, as well as cutting edge youth development programs. The content emphasizes mindfulness and emotional intelligence to give every-day-people a 'psychology for life,' so they can do what she has done - be the architects of their own life, rather than a passenger in a life they’ve inherited.

Through Jewel Inc., Jewel's Never Broken Foundation and program, she has partnered with Ryan Wolfington and the Inspiring Children Foundation (www.InspiringChildren.net) to make mindfulness and emotional intelligence tools available to the masses.

In 2018 Jewel partnered with Trevor Drinkwater to bring wellness to the masses by Co-creating the Wellness Your Way, Music and Wellness Festival, presented by Kroger, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

In 2017, she returned to acting, appearing in two television mystery films on the Hallmark Channel: Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery, and Concrete Evidence: A Fixer Upper Mystery, both in which she plays the character Shannon Hughes, a contractor and investigator.[82][83][84]

Artistry[edit]

Jewel is a soprano.[85] Caitlin Gibson of The Washington Post described Jewel's vocal versatility, stating that 'she can summon many voices — deep and powerful, girlish and sweet, piercing and agile.' Gibson also commented about Jewel's debut; 'In an era still gripped by grunge, [she] climbed to the top of the pop charts with sweet, simple folk tunes'.[1] Her fifth studio album 0304 (2003) was a departure from her previous folk rock-oriented albums and incorporates a more general pop sound. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote about 0304, describing it as 'A record that (is) lyric-driven, like Cole Porter stuff, that also has a lot of swing... that combined dance, urban, and folk music. [...] [it is] an original-sounding album, something with more imagination than the average dance-pop record. Better still, it sounds more authentic (and boasts a better set of songs) than her previous records, which were either too ramshackle or too self-serious and doggedly somber to really reveal much character.'[86]Perfectly Clear (2008) was influenced by her appreciation for country music, while Picking Up The Pieces (2015) saw Jewel 'going back to [her] folk/American roots that [she] began with.'[87]

Owning a wide variety of Taylor Guitars, Jewel uses a Taylor 912-C most often.[88]Acoustic Guitar writer Jeffery Pepper Rodgers called the guitar her 'steady companion'.[88] All of her guitars are strung with D'Addario products.[88] To strum, she employs a unique self-created fingerpicking technique or a hard pick.[88]

Philanthropy[edit]

Jewel formed a nonprofit organization called Higher Ground for Humanity with her mother, Lenedra J. Carroll, and her older brother, Shane Kilcher. The organization's focus is education, sustainable improvements, and building alliances with like-minded organizations.[89] Jewel donates a portion of her income to the organization and often holds events to benefit the organization.[90] The organization tends to parallel Jewel's career since she provides the majority of the organization's funding. As of 2005, the activities of the organization were concluded.[citation needed] One early grantee was the Global Youth Action Network, which has become one of the largest youth movements around the United Nations.

In September 2006, as part of Lifetime's 'Stop Breast Cancer for Life' campaign, Jewel delivered more than 12 million petition signatures to Capitol Hill, urging Congress to pass the bipartisan Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2005 (S 910/HR1849).[91] The bill would ban the practice of 'drive-through' mastectomies, when women are discharged from the hospital just hours after their surgeries.

Jewel served as the honorary chairperson of the 2006 Help the Homeless Walk in Washington, D.C.[92]

In November 2008, Jewel began work on a project with several dozen singer-songwriters to write and auction their lyrics with donations benefiting her 'Project Clean Water' charity.[93] Many singers and songwriters besides herself have donated their written lyrics including Patrick Davis, Alabama's Randy Owen, John Mellencamp, Jason Mraz, Gretchen Wilson, and Marv Green. The majority of the lyrics were written on paper and signed by the songwriter, with the exception of Katy Perry's 'I Kissed a Girl'. Many of the artists in addition to writing and signing lyrics, drew pictures to illustrate their lyrics.[citation needed] The auction ran from December 1, 2008, to December 18, 2008, promoted by CMT and Virgin Music.[94] Some of the lyrics that were up for auction included hits such as 'So Small', 'Foolish Games', 'I'm Yours', 'I Kissed a Girl', 'St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)', 'Live Like You Were Dying', 'I Don't Need a Man', 'Superman (It's Not Easy)' and 'Redneck Woman'.[95] The highest bought lyrics being Jewel's signature song 'You Were Meant For Me' sold for US$1,505,[citation needed] and 'Who Will Save Your Soul' and 'Hands', raising more than $1,005 each.[citation needed] Jewel promised that all items sold by December 18 would be delivered by Christmas.[96] After the majority of the auctions ended on December 18 two new lyrics by Craig Wiseman and Ernie Ashworth were put up for auction ending in January 2009.[94]

In May 2013 Jewel served as ambassador for the ReThink: Why Housing Matters initiative. She was included in the initiative's public service announcement (PSA) which asked Americans to rethink their views on public housing and consider how it benefits people in their own communities.[97]

Personal life[edit]

Jewel was in a relationship with actor Sean Penn in 1995 after he spotted her performing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He invited her to compose a song for his film The Crossing Guard and followed her on tour.[98]

She married pro rodeo cowboy Ty Murray on August 7, 2008, in the Bahamas after 10 years together.[99] Their son, Kase Townes Murray, was born on July 11, 2011.[100] On July 2, 2014, after nearly 6 years of marriage, Jewel announced on her website that she and Murray were divorcing.[101]

Jewel is the daughter of Atz Kilcher, who stars in the Discovery Channel show Alaska: The Last Frontier.[102] All three of her brothers live in Alaska.[99]Her cousin is actress Q'orianka Kilcher who is best known for her role as Pocahontas opposite Colin Farrell and Christian Bale in director Terrence Malick's Academy Award-nominated motion picture The New World (2005).[103]

Jewel has been estranged from her mother (who also served as her business manager) since 2003; the singer has accused her mother of stealing millions of dollars from her.[3]

Jewel identifies as a feminist and has said: 'I don't think I started off young as a feminist. I read a lot of books in Alaska, I was pretty isolated where I grew up, and I think that I never thought I was any different than a man; I was raised in a place where pioneer women were very strong still. They'd shoe horses and build their own homes and were very self-sufficient. It wasn't really until I've gotten older that I really became a fan of women. And a fan of what women are capable of balancing and achieving, by just being them.'[104]

Accolades[edit]

YearAward-giving BodyWorkAwardResult
1994San Diego Music AwardsHerselfBest AcousticWon[105]
1995Won[106]
Artist of the YearWon
Pieces of YouAlbum of the YearWon
1996HerselfArtist of the YearWon[107]
MTV Video Music Awards'Who Will Save Your Soul'Best Female VideoNominated
Best New ArtistNominated
1997Grammy AwardBest Female Pop Vocal PerformanceNominated
HerselfBest New ArtistNominated[108]
American Music AwardFavorite New ArtistWon
Favorite Pop/Rock ArtistNominated
Pollstar Concert Industry AwardsBest New Artist TourNominated
Billboard Music AwardTop ArtistNominated
Top Hot 100 ArtistNominated
Top Hot 100 Artist – FemaleNominated
Top Pop ArtistNominated
Top Pop Artist – FemaleNominated
Top Billboard 200 Albums ArtistNominated
Top Billboard 200 Albums Artist – FemaleNominated
Top Adult Contemporary ArtistNominated
Top Adult Top 40 ArtistWon
Pieces of YouTop Billboard 200 AlbumNominated
'Foolish Games'Top Soundtrack SingleNominated
'You Were Meant for Me'Top Hot 100 SongNominated
Top Hot 100 Airplay TrackNominated
Top Adult Contemporary SingleNominated
Top Adult Top 40 TrackNominated
MTV Video Music AwardVideo of the YearNominated
Viewer's ChoiceNominated
Best Female VideoWon
Billboard Music Video AwardsFAN.tastic AwardNominated
'Foolish Games'Best New Artist Clip (Jazz/AC)Won
VH1 Vogue Fashion AwardsMost Fashionable VideoNominated
1998Grammy AwardBest Female Pop Vocal PerformanceNominated
NARM AwardsPieces of YouBest Selling Alternative AlbumWon
American Music AwardFavorite LPNominated
HerselfFavorite Female Pop/Rock ArtistNominated
APRA Music Awards'You Were Meant for Me'Most Performed Foreign WorkNominated
Blockbuster Entertainment AwardsPieces of YouFavorite CDWon
1999HerselfFavorite Female ArtistWon
Governor's AwardsSongwriting AwardWon
Audie AwardsA Night Without ArmorBest Spoken Word AlbumWon
ASCAP Pop Music Awards'Foolish Games'Most Performed SongsWon
'You Were Meant for Me'Won
BMI Pop AwardsAward-Winning SongWon
2000California Music AwardsHerselfOutstanding Female VocalistNominated
2002MVPA Awards'Standing Still'Best Adult Contemporary VideoWon[109]
2003Radio Music AwardsHerselfFavorite Female Artist—Modern RockWon
Regis & Kelly AwardsFavorite Musical GuestWon
2004ASCAP Pop Music Awards'Intuition'Most Performed SongWon[110]
2011American Country AwardsHerselfFemale Artist of the YearNominated
Grammy Awards'Satisfied'Best Female Country Vocal PerformanceNominated[111]
2014Prism AwardsRing of FirePerformance in a TV Movie or MiniseriesNominated

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

  • Pieces of You (1995)
  • Spirit (1998)
  • Joy: A Holiday Collection (1999)
  • This Way (2001)
  • 0304 (2003)
  • Goodbye Alice in Wonderland (2006)
  • Perfectly Clear (2008)
  • Lullaby (2009)
  • Sweet and Wild (2010)
  • The Merry Goes 'Round (2011)
  • Let It Snow: A Holiday Collection (2013)
  • Picking Up the Pieces (2015)

Videos[edit]

  • Jewel: A Life Uncommon (1999) – An intimate documentary on DVD featuring live performances and candid interviews.
  • Live at Humphrey's By The Bay (2004) – Filmed during two sold-out performances at the San Diego venue. Bonus features include interviews, live footage from her This Way Tour, and a photo gallery.
  • Jewel: The Essential Live Songbook (2008) – This home video combines two concerts that were broadcast in 2007 for the television program Soundstage (at the Rialto Theatre including some numbers with orchestra, and the Meyerson Symphony Center); and four songs from Red Rocks. Bonus features are an interview and music video. The concerts are also available separately for streaming.

Filmography[edit]

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come TrueDorothy GaleTV concert special
1999Ride with the DevilSue Lee Shelley
2003The Lyon's DenJennifer Matthews1 episode
2004The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me LunchHerselfTelevision film
2006The Young and the RestlessHerself1 episode
Men in TreesHerself1 episode
Las VegasHerself1 episode
7th HeavenHerself1 episode
2007Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox StoryHerself
2007–2008Nashville StarHerself / Judge10 episodes
2008C.S.I.Herself1 episode
2009Dancing with the StarsHerself / Various9 episodes
2011The IncurablesHerself / Host13 episodes
Platinum Hit10 episodes
2012The VoiceHerself / Adviser4 episodes
2013Ring of FireJune Carter CashTelevision film
2014Dora the ExplorerCheshire Cat1 episode; voice role
2015Axe CopTear Sparrow1 episode
Our Journey HomeNarratorDocumentary film
2016Holiday Homecoming with JewelHerself
2016–2017Alaska: The Last FrontierHerself6 episodes
2017Lost in AmericaHerselfDocumentary film
Sandy WexlerTestimonial (as Jewel)
Concrete Evidence: A Fixer Upper MysteryShannon HughesTelevision film; also producer
Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery
2018Deadly Deed: A Fixer Upper Mystery
Undercover BossHerself1 episode

Tours[edit]

Jewel performing live in Providence on the Paisley Party Tour
  • 1997: Tiny Lights Tour[112]
  • 1997: Papillion Tour[113]
  • 1999: Spirit World Tour[114]
  • 2002: This Way World Tour[115]
  • 2002: New Wild West Acoustic Tour[116]
  • 2003-04: 0304 Acoustic Tour[117]
  • 2005: Tour For No Reason
  • 2008: Goodbye Alice In Wonderland Tour
  • 2009: Perfectly Clear Acoustic Tour[118]
  • 2009: Lullaby Acoustic Tour[119]
  • 2010: Star Light Café Tour[120]
  • 2013: Greatest Hits Tour[121]
  • 2016: Picking Up the Pieces Tour[122]
  • 2017, 2018: Handmade Holiday Tour[123][124]

Co-headlining

  • 1997: Lilith Fair(with various artists)[125]

Opening act

  • 2006: Something to Be Tour(for Rob Thomas)[126]
  • 2008: Paisley Party Tour (for Brad Paisley)[127]

Cancelled

  • 2003: 0304 World Tour[128]

Publications[edit]

  • A Night Without Armor (1998)[129]
  • Chasing Down the Dawn (2000)[130]
  • Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story (2015)[131]

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Works cited[edit]

  • Atkinson, Brian T. (2011). I'll Be Here in the Morning: The Songwriting Legacy of Townes Van Zandt. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN978-1-603-44526-9.
  • DeMain, Bill (2004). In Their Own Words: Songwriters Talk about the Creative Process. Prager. ISBN978-0-275-98402-1.
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Further reading[edit]

  • Calhoun, Kenneth; Jensen, Cambria, eds. (2003). Revealing Jewel: An Intimate Portrait from Family and Friends. Atria. ISBN0-7434-7540-2.
  • NPR Staff (July 2, 2010). 'The Two Sides of Jewel: 'Sweet and Wild''. NPR Weekend Edition. NPR. Archived from the original on July 5, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2015.

External links[edit]

  • Official website
  • Jewel at Curlie
  • Jewel at AllMusic
  • Jewel on IMDb
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PartialMovieViewer25 December 2012
Warning: Spoilers
Let me break out my sled, hook up my dogs and mush the team out onto the snow covered tundra – like I know what I am talking about. But I do know how to do the following: Pop open an ice cold beer, gnaw on my favorite hunk of beef jerky and tune the TV to. 'Alaska: The Last Frontier.' Once the opening credits are done, the show transports the viewer right into the frigid Alaskan hinterlands. The direction and production are so skilled that I can almost see my own breath vaporize, watching people struggle with the Alaskan Frontier. It seems that planning for the long, cold and dark winter months is the main goal for everyone. As I said earlier…I do not have a leg to stand on as far as knowing what these people go through – but there are moments I want to shove my muck lucks where the sun don't shine, - and then I realize I am not going through all of this – they are. I have to say, very good job and interesting stories.
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The Epitome of 'Reality TV'
juanruiz-656795 August 2018
In order to find any merit in this series, one has to buy into the premise of a multi-millionaire clan living off the grid in a survival existence. Never mind that they are only a few miles from Homer, Alaska and all its modern conveniences. This comes in handy when major injuries due to being drunk and falling off a cliff, need hospitalization, a baby has to be delivered or a hernia has to be repaired.
As with all 'reality tv,' every episode is the creation of the production team...written in Hollywood before they leave for Alaska. Script titles should read 'Otto Goes to the Outhouse,' 'Atz Lee Has Another PTSD Attack,' 'Jane Pouts Again.'
Central to this and other such shows, is the producers' belief that viewers are stupid. That they will buy into all the nonsense. I guess given the popularity, they are right.
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Staged BS.
tibbetsphil24 October 2015
This show is a load of staged nonsense, it shows nothing about real Alaska. The reality of Alaska is that nobody lives like this, much less these people. Source: I live five miles from these people, in Homer. Otto owns a machine shop, Atz is a wealthy musician, the show is just designed to make it look like they fight for survival when there's a paved road and a grocery store just a few miles away. These people are a laughing stock in my town, and nobody likes the way they misrepresent Alaska. Stop buying this garbage and don't think we're all like this, nobody is. It seriously bothers me to see how many people totally buy this. We hunt, we fish, we do rough it, but it's not a survival situation 24/7 like the kilchers would have you believe.
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Best reality show I've seen in a while . . . 'Killer' . . .
jansen-r-lee12 December 2013
I read the other reviews for this show and almost laugh. I love this show. Its a way of life that has been lost.
We get everything we want from Walmart or some other big box store. The truth is, if the lights went out tomorrow, 95% of Americans wouldn't make it a few months much less survive. I'm speaking for myself also. Its almost comical that people think its a 'killing' show. Where do they think Walmart and Kroger get meat? The Kilcher's are incredibly humane and do NONE of the inhumane things that are done on Beef and Chicken farms. Oh yeah, I've never killed an animal before much less gone hunting, so I'm no redneck justifying their killing. People lose touch with the reality of provision in today's first world society.
This is a fantastic show, it is clean, and there are always people helping and giving to others whether friends or neighbors. No one's ever battling it out or gossiping about their closest loved ones. There is some language, but its always bleeped and mostly in tense situations. I was even more excited since I watched the first season on Netflix and come to find out there are more!
And about the theme song. Don't know who wrote it, and the words may be dumb, but I like Jewel, and I think it is cool that Atz Lee is singing in it.
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Circle of Life
yoshibuddha23 April 2014
Really phenomenal show that documents the life of families surviving in the wilds of Alaska. This is not Sarah Palin's Alaska; this is the real deal and the people involved are intelligent and responsible custodians of the land they inhabit; unlike most of us.
It's great to see people who hunt and gather and display 100% respect for the seriousness of their responsibility. The animal slaughter scenes are rough for some people but they do it without any 'sport' whatsoever and with full disclosure of the significance of the killing and the importance of the circle of life. Otto's wife is a long-time vegetarian and she discusses her views on the killings including her understanding of it's necessity. The folks who rated this 1 star because of 'the killing' are probably just extremists so please disregard them. I'm no hunter myself, but I am a omnivore and I know where my meat comes from as I do my best to buy only local, non-mass produced meats.
I find it highly hypocritical for anyone to criticize the slaughter portions of this show and then turn around and eat meat from a restaurant or buy some from a grocery store with no connection to the animal's welfare or the process involved to feed them. This show will help you understand what consuming meat really means and the real cost.
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Alaskans laugh at what schmucks lower 48ers are
Go to google earth and look up Kilcher road, Homer. Ak. You can then spot their houses. There is even a Kilcher tour on trip adviser They are less than an hour away from a safeway and Homer, Ak. a popular tourist town. They are rural, yes, but not at all cut off from the outside world. Maybe the grandfather was a pioneer but these people are not Their neighbors post this about them all the time if you bother to go look. I think that Life below Zero shows people who are really out on the edge. I first saw Sue Akins on Sarah Palins Alaska. Sha was introduced there as having The farthest out hunting camp of all and upper class alaskans knew about the place It was actually Sarah Palin who started the whole Alaske reality show craze. She was out to publicize Alaska and she did it. The Tanina river and the Brooks range are also pretty far out places so that show is more interesting. it all comes down to asking if you can put yourself it their place. Do you see yourself surviving independently out in the Alaskan wilderness? Good. Then you are hooked. I think i will limit it to taking a cruise to Alaska.
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good role models
grizzledgeezer30 September 2013
However cornball it might sound... I like programs like 'Alaska -- the Last Frontier', with intelligent people behaving sensibly.
I should point out that these people /do not/ lead a 'subsistence' lifestyle, which would require that they make everything they need. They have access to power tools (some of them Very Large) and store-bought supplies in an emergency. Still, it's sobering to see people who spend most of their time doing the work needed to support themselves, rather than in vain pursuits.
Otto is the unintentional star. He's extremely intelligent and has an ironic, self-deprecating sense of humor. (The sequence in which he blows up a stump and brags about it is classic.) The show would be merely 'good' without him.
As for the 'excessive' killing... If you're not a vegetarian, you have no right to complain. The domestic animals have led uncaged lives, and are killed humanely. (I loved it when Otto had his son kill a favorite cow that wouldn't have made it through the Winter. Instead of the animal dying on its side, it ends up on its back, with its legs angled in 'dead cockroach' position.)
I'm 66 years old and have heard theme songs for scores of TV shows. 'Alaska -- the Last Frontier' has absolutely the worst. The lyrics and melody are either consciously cornball C&W -- or the writers are idiots. They've got to be kidding... (It seems he song was written and sung by Atz Lee! My condemnation nevertheless stands.)
'Sometimes it's blood, sweat, and tears On Alaska, the last frontier. But life is simple, life is good, When you're livin' like you should. Hey! Hey! Sometimes it's struggle 'n strife Fathers, sons, brothers, wifes. But we're makin' our way, And yes, we'll stay Right here! On Alaska, the last frontier!'
How about 'Life is simple, life is good, when you've got takeout Chinese food.' Well, it is, isn't it?
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Entertaining in a 'pro-wrestling' sort of way
michael-e-wasson9 April 2015
I actually watch this show because I am entertained by it and the family characters are amusing.
But, let's face it, the show is contrived and staged.
Every week, we are treated to the next 'Gotta get this done before winter' emergency fulfilled with an old 'insert recycled item here' Example: Using an old semi flatbed to make a cow feeding station. After using a 100K bulldozer to move the bed, we will use commercial lumber that mysteriously appears to make the paddocks. Along with acetylene torches and various other power tools. Where do they get the tanks of acetylene? I guess they take the family barge to town?! But wait, why didn't they just BUY a feeding station? After all, they are multi-millionaires?
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how many shows about Alaska can there be
billbonu19 November 2017
I used to like the show a little until I realized that no family can live that close to each other and still be smiling, laughing and joking all the time without ever quarreling in any way. Jane is completely out of place and would be better suited for a show like intervention or something. The whole jewel story bothers me because as I remember back in the 90s her story was that her and her father were flat broke,living in a car, not Alaska. Basically I'm staying no family is that perfect and all get together with a perfectly decorated hay ride trailer to celebrate Thanksgiving. Waiting for the truth to come out.like jewel being molested by her father or some will Hayden sons of guns type situation where the perfect family gets exposed. As usual.alaskans use the precious warm weather to prepare for the brutal winter. That about sums up every episode of every Alaska show on TV.
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Why is Jane given so much airtime on this show?
gjsheehan-6075631 October 2017
Have watched Alaska The Last Frontier since the first season. All of the family members contribute something of value to the show except Jane and yet every year she gets more and more airtime - WHY? She tries to be so smart, funny, and accomplished in everything she does but she is none of those things. She can't hunt or fish and is just a clutz no matter what she has been assigned to do. If you continue to highlight her as the 'star' of the show we will not be able to continue watching this series. This opinion is shared by all of our friends and relatives who we've talked to.
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lack of Knowledge and or just for the cameras
gchampion354 September 2014
How can you seriously think that dragging a three day old calf across a river is good... have been around cattle all of my life and never ever drag calf's across a creek or river.
Was a fan and have been a little disturbed in the method of Hunting and Cattle Handling, but I know its for the show and the edge of your seats type shows...
Stop doing dumb things to these and other animals on this show, as my wife says - shame on you guys for being cattlemen and abusing these animals for the sake of a show...she seems to make better sense then the producers of this show!
You wanna learn how to handle cattle a good fix of Texas wrangling will set you folks right, but then it wouldn't make the show fun would it.

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Its a family farm!
from-mr-x8 March 2015
Might be a good satire, these folks have more equipment than most townships and villages in AK. I'm sorry to say, holding your thumb on top of a piece of firewood you are going to strike with an axe shows a real lack of common sense! I know several people in the lower 48 who would make a better show, and wouldn't have to plan special events to keep the camera crew happy, that is if the crew could handle the job! Almost every family in rural America back in the 50's had it worse than these folks.
P.S. and yes, AXE is spelled AXE! And in order to post a review there must be a 10 lines of text!
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GreatFolk and Stupid Ones Through Nepotism
draofohio1 October 2017
Love parts of the show but the alpha-male driven Atz (who drives the show's direction) is an egomaniac. His insistence on promoting his self-centered son, Atz Lee - who spent half his life away but came back to be on the show (and is a moron) weakens the production. Add his wife Jane and I sometimes change the channel. Read their history and watch the first few years when Atz Lee arrived and see the 'transformation' folks. Many of the rest of the family are wonderful. Otto and his clan are great, unpretentious, and intelligent. Eiven and Eve are salt of the earth and just a joy to watch and listen to... solid people. Charlotte is a sweetie. Bonnie (Atz's wife) is a sweetie and it is obvious she just watches the two alpha's and keeps quiet. Ironically Atz Lee's brother (Nikos and Shane) appear well rounded, intelligent and down to earth... suggest they feature them and cut the stupid son...
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This is nothing new!
scallion-422459 October 2017
They make it look like what they are doing is something new. People lived off the elements for thousands of years, and still do all over the world. And most don't have modern equipment, like tractors, barges, motorboats, atvs, etc. Also, these people seem to be always having to get these machines up and running because they leave the machines out in the elements getting rusty and overgrown with weeds. They act like they are so clever and ingenious with these machines but they lack one basic thing: They don't take proper care of said equipment. Obviously none of these people have ever been in the military because if they had been, they would understand this rule. HEY KILCHERS...TAKE PROPER CARE OF YOUR MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT AND THEY WILL LAST A LONG LONG TIME! DUH! These people are embarrassing. No one is forcing you to live like this. Not impressed!
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Not enough material (milking it)
xchromosomosapian22 December 2016
How many 'cattle drives' and 'hunting and fishing for survival' can Discovery milk from this show? I used to love this show due to the family dynamic. I loved the way the relationships between the Kilchers were not always flowery but that human emotions would erupt and then the family would work it out. But now it is just hard to watch the same themes play out every season. I think the biggest put-off for me is the narrating. I dislike the way that moments are made up to be more dramatic than they actually are (e.g., hunting for survival, the flare and how much 'danger' the girls were in, the fake predator threats, etc). I do like Eivan's projects. I do like the Christmas gift making and giving. I like the idea of the homesteading lifestyle but don't act like these people don't have cell phones, a grocery store isn't nearby, other people don't live nearby, and please don't think your audience is a bunch of idiots (if you are filming someone, they are not in real danger because there is a cameraman right there with a communication device and don't forget about the rules and regulations about filming safety). Don't Bear Grylls me again Discovery.
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Family who does things the old way
lelaine-0285624 October 2017
I grew up watching my grandparents farm in much the same ways the Kilcher's farm. My aunts and uncles would all come home to help my grandparents make hay. Eve talks of all of the things they do on the homestead and I would love to see how they make cheese. I remember that our family all came together on Thanksgiving to do the butchering for our winter meats. Our celebration dinner often consisted of fresh pork and chickens which were butchered earlier in the day. I often watched as my grandmother milked her cows, separated the milk and made butter, smearcase( cottage cheese) and buttermilk. This show takes me back to my childhood where my parents and grandparents could do 'everything'. I eagerly await each new episode. Please keep those episodes coming.
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Poor entertainment...
dianechreene3 March 2019
In the beginning I really liked the show; however, several episodes in I started having real concerns for the families and animals. Someone is seriously going to get hurt, shot, or killed. First, none of these people living off the land 'appear' to know what they are doing with all the mistakes made on every episode. Too many animals are shown wounded and either run off to die or die after several shots are taken after having to suffer. Dragging a several days old calf through water and nearly drowning the baby is not entertainment and only shows your stupidity as ranchers. The only laughs I have had from this show that I consider somewhat entertaining is Jane's inability to shoot a gun and fish.It's not worth watching as there are better Alaskan shows.
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these people are just obsessed with killing
cz_eileen8 December 2013
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I'm pretty sure the cameras are encouraging these people to slaughter an animal for just about any reason they can invent. It's all for maintaining the illusion that its about 'survival'. They are making the conscious choice to raise cows within the territory of several major predators, and we are supposed to believe that they are 'oh so reluctant' to kill bears and wolfs on a regular basis? I'm pretty sure they're getting off on it. Unfortunately, my boyfriend likes this show... Honestly , I really think that the producers of this show should consider the possibility that the situation they are creating is encouraging an excess of animal killing- all for the sake of perverse entertainment.
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Cast Of Alaska The Last Frontier

Great viewing

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warmheart-834795 April 2015
Since I started watching the show I have watched it every week and really enjoy seeing how they all use the skills they have been taught and learnt throughout their life. It just shows how different life is with families like them and us city slickers. I know the Kilchers have the power tools and farm machinery but using what they can from the land is one thing they are known for. Growing and catching their food and making other things is something that is knowing you have achieved something worthwhile. These sort of programmes are interesting to watch and you can also learn a few things. Another thing about this show is how family help each other and are willing to get in and do whatever needs doing no matter what the weather is.
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Animal Killing. Period.
michelleclarksburg27 May 2013
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Every time my husband turns this show on, all they do is kill animals. Isn't life depressing enough without watching animals being slaughtered on TV? Yes, I know it happens every day, but I don't want to watch it. I would like to know what kind of sick person decided that killing animals is entertaining. The rest of the show is entertaining, but killing animals is....so not. I wish the person directing this show would leave out the animal slaughter, or at least lessen it. I might enjoy the story of this documentary series more, if I didn't have my stomach turned every five minutes. It seems that EVERY TIME it comes on, some innocent animal is being killed. A week ago, they were killing a turkey. This week, it's a one eyed chicken! I have decided that this show will not be on the TV if I am in the room.
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Why I like Alaska's Last Frontier
jbmax9 November 2017
I love this program about Alaska. It is wholesome family entertainment with a real human side to it. I know Homer is close by and there is a Safeway there. However I feel that the ethos of the show is to convey how Yule Kilcher carved a livelihood as a pioneer over 50 years ago. His children and grandchildren continue that tradition.
It is my belief that we need that in this world, old family values and traditions. Our children sit glued to mobile/cell phones and tablets. I would love to take them and my grand kids to see the Kilchers in Alaska's Last Frontier.
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Fun and Wholesome despite exaggerations and scripts...
caminofeld17 December 2018
I completely understand that the Kilchers have money, aren't as isolated as they appear to be, and often either exaggerate or have scripted stories...however homesteading is a mindset and lifestyle not defined by isolation or acreage. I have an 8 acre hobby farm a minute from the local gas and grocery and still use similar techniques with similar equipment. My Wife and I have careers in Emergency Nursing, but we have chosen a lifestyle of self-reliance, resourcefulness, and family values much like that portrayed by the Kilchers. Our young children are independent, proud, and have common sense far beyond their years, and I can't help but believe much of that comes from the way they are being raised. Fun show to watch with quirky and flawed characters where I'm not only entertained, but find myself mesmerized by the Alaskan scenery and can almost smell the fresh air.
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Home steading
hysellzzz1 March 2018
I would love to be able to live the way they do. off the grid I learn something new every time i watch it. Even if it is an idea from ivan I love the show
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