Concert review: Jewel at the Lyric Opera House
Sun writer Chris Kaltenbach was at last night's Jewel show. Here is a link to a photo gallery from last night. And here is the review:
When Jewel asked the crowd at the Lyric last night what songs they wanted to hear, there was no shortage of replies.
"Satellite," from 2006’s "Goodbye Alice In Wonderland," seemed the crowd favorite, but plenty of other suggestions came pouring out of the audience, songs running the gamut of her career, some not even yet on any of her studio albums.
"It's very cool," she said, complimenting her Baltimore audience on their extensive knowledge. "I like my fans."
Well, her fans like her, too. And for good reason.
For about two hours, the Alaskan-born singer-songwriter regaled them with beautifully sung acoustic versions of both her hits ("Hands," "Who Will Save Your Soul?") and songs only her true fans knew beforehand ...
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