Fading Yodeler Blames Everyone Else For Her Descent Into Irrelevance
From Variety:
“In my lifetime, I’ve seen the record industry taken to its knees,” says singer-songwriter Jewel, whose current album, “Goodbye Alice in Wonderland,” has paled next to her 1996 debut album “Pieces of Me,” which shipped 12 million units. “When I was first signed at 19, the idea was that one sold records. Now there is no hope of money by signing for a record. You do it as promotion.”
This awards season, she co-wrote and sang “Quest for Love” for Luc Besson’s “Arthur and the Invisibles” soundtrack, the ninth single she’s written for film, beginning with Sean Penn’s 1995 pic “The Crossing Guard.”
“In the last year, I performed on TV shows, since radio isn’t playing my genre,” Jewel adds, “nor are record companies developing artists like me; they’re going for the easy cool thing.”
Aww, poor Jewel. One question for Ms. Kilcher–by “artists like me,” do you mean Alanis-inspired poets, razor-shilling tartlets, or folkies who are trying to convince audiences that Alaska was actually a Southern state? You’ll forgive us if we’re not entirely sure.
Pop musicians find rockin’ role recording for film [Variety]
