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Rickie Lee Jones

Rickie Lee Jones

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Three decades after her debut, Rickie Lee Jones says her new album, Balm in Gilead, saved her life by helping her get over a tough breakup. It’s also helping her audiences. She told Kurt, “When the tour started, people were weeping, but by the end of the tour, for some reason people began to giggle.”

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