In this week's issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, the '90s folk icon (born Jewel Kilcher) opens up about the pain of being raised by her abusive father, Atz, in Homer, Alaska.

Apr. 4—Jewel Kilcher's first memories of performing are from her time on stage in Alaska more than three decades ago. Now the singer-songwriter who grew up in the state is representing it in a ...

Jewel Kilcher may have sold over 30 million records and carved out a lasting career that has undergone countless transformations since she first emerged with her poetic-folk album "Pieces of You ...

Seven years after leaving her hometown of Homer, Alaska, singer-songwriter Jewel Kilcher, better known as Jewel, is reuniting with her family on the homestead in the new season of Discovery ...

Jewel Kilcher shocked comedian Joe Rogan during an appearance on his Spotify podcast this week. The singer-songwriter, 47, regaled Rogan with stories of her family's life on a ranch in the Alaskan ...

Singer-songwriter Jewel is the daughter of Atz Kilcher, the patriarch of the family featured in the Discovery Channel's "Alaska: The Last Frontier," and grew up living that same subsistence lifestyle.

Growing up in Alaska she was Jewel Kilcher, a girl who first performed on stage at age five with her father, then, as a teenager, had enough of his physical abuse and moved out.

Jewel Kilcher is a go-with-the-flow kind of girl. If you happen to get disconnected in the middle of a phone interview, for example, she'll call you back from her tour bus -- twice -- and pick up ...

The artist, whose full name is Jewel Kilcher, said she found it helpful to think of “a tree with really deep roots” holding it “firmly in the soil”, ... The Alaska native, ...

The singer Jewel Kilcher, 27, was raised in Alaska and left for California at 15. She got a record contract before her 18th birthday and has since sold 23 million albums.

After 43 Years, Mossy Kilcher’s Folk Songs for Alaska Get a Second Life Observing the wilderness of her home state has always been her passion. But the musician, who is Jewel’s aunt, is also ...

Jewel represents Alaska against 55 other competitors in “American Song Contest” By Chris Bieri. Published: April 4, 2022. Jewel Kilcher performs at Salmonfest Sunday, August 6, 2017, in Ninilchik.