Jewel Celebrates 'SPIRIT' with Exclusive 'FANCAST'; Internet Event to Feature Interview and Special Live Performance.NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1998--Atlantic recording artist Jewel will celebrate the release of her second album, "SPIRIT," with an exclusive "FANCAST" event live from Atlantic's in-house DigitalArena studio on Monday, November 16th -- the eve of the new album's release. The event, which will include an intimate live performance as well as an on-camera interview with renowned music journalist Lisa Robinson, will be webcast live using RealAudio and RealVideo technology. The event kicks off at 8pm (EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy ) with a half-hour text chat, available via SonicNet's Yahoo! Auditorium (www.yahoo.com). The "FANCAST" forum, which begins at 8:30pm (EST), will feature an in-depth question-and-answer session with Robinson, plus a special live performance featuring songs from "SPIRIT." The Jewel "FANCAST" will be available simultaneously via the Atlantic web site (www.atlantic-records.com), SonicNet's Station (station.sonicnet.com), and Transworld Entertainment's (www.twec.com) web site. The "FANCAST" cybercast cy·ber·cast n. A news or entertainment program transmitted over the Internet. [cyber- + (news)cast.] series is streamed using RealMedia(R) Technology, the most widely used and distributed audio/video streaming software on the Internet (www.real.com). The highly-anticipated "SPIRIT" is Jewel's first new release since her multi-platinum 1995 debut, "PIECES OF YOU." All the songs on the album were written solely by Jewel, with the exception of the first single, "Hands," which was co-written with producer Patrick Leonard. An immediate, out-of-the-box smash, "Hands" has been greeted by an overwhelmingly positive response at multi-format radio outlets across America. The track, which is quickly making its way to the top of the charts, is already a top 10 hit on Billboard's "Adult Top 40," and a top 20 smash on the "Hot 100 Airplay air·play n. The broadcasting of an audio or audiovisual recording on the air over radio or television. airplay Noun the broadcast performances of a record on radio " ranking. Jewel is set to make a number of national television appearances to celebrate the release of "SPIRIT." She is scheduled to perform on the November 14th edition of Saturday Night Live This article is about the American television series. For the show related to Big Brother (UK), see Saturday Night Live (UK). Saturday Night Live (SNL , followed by a November 18th appearance on The Rosie O'Donnell Show. The next day, November 19th, Jewel will perform on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Jay Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer who is best known as the current host of NBC television's long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. Biography Leno was born in New Rochelle, New York. , while on Thanksgiving Night, November 26th, she will appear on Late Show With David Letterman “Late Show” redirects here. For other uses, see The Late Show. The Late Show with David Letterman is a multiple Emmy Award-winning hour-long weeknight comedy talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. . On December 22nd, Jewel will perform in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. at the annual Christmas In Rockefeller Center Rockefeller Center, complex of buildings in central Manhattan, New York City, between 48th and 51st streets and Fifth Ave. and the Ave. of the Americas (Sixth Ave.). The project was sponsored by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. broadcast, which will be viewed by more than 10 million people around the world. "SPIRIT" -- which was hailed by Billboard's Chuck Taylor in the magazine's October 17th issue as "a divine marriage of smart, enterprising sounds that cradle Jewel's impressionable emotional base while broadening her modern-tinged pop savvy" -- was recorded earlier this year at Groove Masters Groove Masters is a semi-private recording studio owned by Jackson Browne. Located in Santa Monica, California, the studio has been the setting for many of Browne's recordings. The head sound engineer is grammy-nominated Paul Dieter. in Santa Monica, Calif. as well as at Oceanway Studios in Hollywood. The album sees Jewel and Leonard fusing elements of pop, folk, and rock into an evocative, finely woven musical tapestry. In addition to Jewel's guitar and Leonard's piano and keyboards, the backing group includes Jude Cole on acoustic guitar, Ednaswap bassist Paul Bushnell (Meredith Brooks, Celine Dion), electric guitarist Josh Clayton (ex-School of Fish), veteran Afro-Cuban jazz percussionist Luis Conte (Phil Collins, Madonna, Lyle Lovett), and drummer Brian Macleod (Sheryl Crow). Also appearing on "SPIRIT" are pedal steel guitarist Marty Rifkin (Tom Petty, Dwight Yoakum), drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, and guitarist James Harrah (John Prine, Wilson Phillips), as well as Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. For most of its career, the group has consisted of vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary, and drummer Chad Smith. bassman Flea, who performs on the potent "Barcelona." For additional information, please see The Atlantic Group website at www.atlantic-records.com. |
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