In keeping with her roots, “My Father’s Daughter” also features guest vocals from one of Jewel’s life-long heroes, Dolly Parton. “As a kid growing up with an outhouse, my heroes were always Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn,” Jewel told Billboard when asked about the collaboration. “They were the only other icons I’d heard of that were raised similarly to me. […] I never thought I’d be producing Dolly Parton on a record.”

Jewel fans will get double the excitement today when she appears on Steve Harvey, continuing her promotional tour. Jewel will sit down with Harvey to discuss the personal trials that inspired her to return to her folk roots and write the candid autobiography. Check local listings for Steve Harvey air times.

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About Jewel: Spending the past several years alternating between penning her memoir, Never Broken, and recording a pair of children’s albums, Jewel is set to return with her first proper album of new music since 2010’s Sweet and Wild.  Picking Up The Pieces, which serves as a “bookend” to the Alaskan-born singer’s landmark, multi-Platinum-selling debut, 1995’s Pieces Of You, is some of Jewel’s most striking work yet: front and center is the iconic singer-songwriter’s world-renowned vocals, laser-sharp songcraft and intricate guitarwork. “It was time in my life to do this,” Jewel, who Rolling Stone calls “one of the most richly idiomatic pop singers of her generation,” explains of the 14-track LP, recorded in Nashville with seasoned musicians, and featuring road-tested fan favorites (“Carnivore,” “Boy Needs A Bike”) alongside groundbreaking new tracks (“Love Used To Be”) and a stunning collaboration with country legend Dolly Parton (“My Father’s Daughter”). Says Jewel: “I wanted the album to be purely an extension of my soul.”