Musician talks being an outsider, queer cowboys and her unusual encounter with gay bestie
Jewel’s life is the best kind of It Gets Better story. Even though the famed music-maker recorded a video to offer hope to struggling teens, she didn’t need to; to be inspired, one only has to look at how she went from living out of her car – and almost dying – to being a Grammy-nominated, chart-topping singer-songwriter. Jewel became so unbelievably successful, in fact, that she recently released a Greatest Hits, a collection of songs going back to her first mega 1996 single “Who Will Save Your Soul” and spanning her entire multi-genre career.
Singer talks gay following, her zero tolerance for hate and why Frank Ocean’s coming out is a ‘gift’
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 9:00am until 4:00pm Des Moines, Iowa
