Alanis Morissette's So-Called Chaos 'So-Called Chaos' album

When Alanis Morissette first burst upon the global music scene in the mid-Nineties, she created a truly massive commotion. She did so by dramatically reinventing the role of confessional singer-songwriter for a whole new generation of music lovers.

On many levels--sonic, psychic, commercial, and cultural--the impact of Morissette's 1995 album Jagged Little Pill was tremendous. The album--produced with Morissette's collaborator Glen Ballard--sold more than thirty million copies around the world and became one of the most successful recordings in music history. That success quickly transformed Morissette--previously a moderately known singer and actress in her native Canada--into perhaps the most talked-about artist in the world. With just one album of deeply felt songs intimately chronicling her own often-bumpy ride into adulthood, Morissette became, at age 21, a global superstar and a spokesperson for her generation.

Before long, Morissette also established herself as a live performer of rare intensity, and earned the respect of fans wherever she performed. In 1996, she received Grammys for Album of the Year and Rock Album, as well as Female Rock Vocal Performance and Rock Song of the Year for "You Oughta Know," the explosive song of love and rage that helped kick off the commotion in the first place.

In the years that have followed that initial breakthrough, Morissette has continued to bravely and unflinchingly chronicle her own journey in powerful ways on 1998's Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie , 1999's Unplugged , 2002's Under Rug Swept and that same year's CD/DVD offering Feast on Scraps . Along the way, she's also found time to act, on the big screen (a memorable role as God in Kevin Smith's film Dogma and the upcoming musical De-Lovely ), in acclaimed TV shows ("Sex And The City," "Curb Your Enthusiasm") and off-Broadway ("Vagina Monologues," "The Exonerated"). And in recent years, Morissette has also taken on considerable charitable and civic-minded work in her impressive attempt to raise consciousness as well as funds for assorted good causes.

On her latest effort So-Called Chaos , Morissette sounds paradoxically like a woman who has found her own separate peace with the world. A deeply thoughtful individual by nature, So-Called Chaos finds her in life-affirming, positive place, making music that in a sense sums up her past strengths along some newfound maturity and perspective. "I may still be talking about things in my life that were challenging," she explains, "but I'm approaching life and thereby my songs with less blame."

Morissette's previous studio album Under Rug Swept , which featured the riveting hit "Hands Clean," found the singer-songwriter taking the production reins and delivering arguably her most accomplished album up until that point. This time around, Morissette chose to share the responsibilities behind the board and the results are extremely impressive. She sets her free-flowing vocals, luminescent melodies and fervent introspection in a seamless mix of rock, pop, folk, electronic and Eastern stylings. "I had spent a few years rising to my own occasion in terms of wanting to see, out of curiosity, what producing a record on my own would be like," Morissette explains. "Then once I tasted what that was like, I realized my favorite aspect of making a record was the writing of it.'

And so for So-Called Chaos , Morissette returned to a more collaborative recording approach. "This way was so much more relaxing for me," she explains. "I actually wound up doing the first phase of the recording and producing with my friend Tim Thorney whom I've known since I lived in Toronto as a teenager. Then after we did that initial phase of recording, John Shanks came in and offered his objective take on things. We wound up being a team, with John and Tim and I doing it together in different phases."

The sessions for So-Called Chaos --held primarily at Groove Masters studio in Santa Monica, California--featured performances from Morissette's touring band (guitarists David Levita and Jason Orme; bassist Eric Avery; keyboardist Zac Rae; and drummer Blair Sinta) as well as some favorite associates of Shanks, including drummer Kenny Aronoff. The resulting album is a set of Morissette's most adult and compelling songs, compositions that more than ever explore life's emotional dualities. "I do tend to explore both sides of an argument on some of the songs here," she confesses. "Either that interests me as a person and a writer or I'm a schizophrenic. Of course, both may be true."

Of the opening "Eight Easy Steps," Morissette says, "it's my taking responsibility and busting my own chops at the same time--essentially finding the gifts in all the struggles that I've been through. Until I found the gifts of my struggles, I would still be stuck in that resentful place, that victim place. But as soon as I found the good that came of those circumstances, I could actually enjoy them for what they were, and bless them as opposed to feeling wounded by them for the rest of my life. The song is my way of looking at it all objectively, and then also just making fun of myself."

According to Morissette, the gorgeous "Out is Through" was written "with a little resignation on my part. I can conceptually and intellectually say I'm up for the really courageous work that it takes to make a romantic relationship work. And at the same time I would often find myself sabotaging things and creating a relationship's end, while thinking that it was circumstantial. Really it was just part of me that wasn't really ready myself. This song is my way of saying I'm ready to actually walk my walk now."

Another song of self-analysis, "Excuses" is for Morissette, "me bringing into the light certain negative and unconscious thoughts that were running my life. I think that's one of the biggest responsibility-taking songs. And it's also potentially one of the most embarrassing songs too, because it's pretty transparent in terms of some of the uglier thoughts that were really driving the car for a while."
Far more pleasant and romantic thoughts pervade "Knees of My Bees," a lovely and playful love song. "I wanted to find a way to express how infatuated and how in love with my boyfriend I was," she reveals. "The title was something I actually said to him several times in conversation--`You make the knees of my bees weak.'... so that line is very precious to me".

Another lyricist might simply call their beloved "the bee's knees," but characteristically, Morissette finds a way to make the language of love feel fresh. "I think part of the reason I like playing with phrases is because the English language bores me a little bit," she explains. "Obviously, everything has been said before backwards and forwards millions of times, so I want to play with it in the same way that someone would play with paints."

The wordplay is a tad more formal for "Doth I Protest Too Much." As Morissette explains, "It's hard for me not to notice in myself--and in others-is that that which we protest very much about is often the exact thing that we would benefit from truly admitting and surrendering to. So if I'm really trying hard to convince someone that I am not scared, you can know that it means that I'm exactly scared. And that song is my humorously outing myself or busting myself again."

"Not All Me" was written in the middle of what Morissette calls "a very conflicted time for me in a relationship. I've been really tolerant and patient most of my life with people being angry and projecting a lot of their anger onto me. I just started reaching a point where I thought it would benefit me--and the relationship--to set my limit or boundaries with that. Basically the song is about asking the other person to take responsibility for their part in a very firm yet kind way."

The title track to So-Called Chaos is a song about the biggest of pictures. "With the low level of consciousness that we're at on this planet, we are in need of police and arbitrators, laws and rules. My thought in `So-Called Chaos' was that if our consciousness was raised, we wouldn't need all that. We wouldn't need to be regulated from the outside --we'd be able to be regulated from the inside based on a respect of life and knowing that we're all connected. That song is me pointing towards that in a three-minute way."

"This Grudge" is about mystery of the concept of forgiveness. "It's always been such a popular little word, and always so confusing to me," Morissette admits. "I conceptually understood what forgiveness meant, but I didn't know how the fuck to really do it. Forgiveness sounds like such a great concept on paper, yet when I would try to go do it, I felt like it was just saying the words and not experiencing it with this person. That song is really just allowing me to show my readiness to truly forgive."

"These are by far my scariest and darkest shadows," Morissette says of "Spineless," a song exploring the fear of weakness. "I've been so afraid of being the things I sing about in this song. The gift of my terror of being a disempowered female is that it led me to become a forthright and courageous feminist and activist. Part of what made me so compulsive about being so strong is that I'm terrified of being weak, of being the other archetype for women-mute and meek. I felt like at least singing about it started me down the path of being able to integrate those parts of me so that they don't run my life, that I'm not compulsively strong all the time, that I can balance a softness and vulnerability with my strength and empowerment."

Finally, there is "Everything"--the first single from So-Called Chaos and a song that offers the same grand expansiveness of another of Morissette's past classics, the Grammy-winning "Uninvited" from the City of Angels soundtrack. "That song is basically the crux of my own inner work and training over the last couple of years where my goal is not so much to be good , as much as it is to be whole . That's my goal-- to be all these parts of myself. I remember as a young girl all the way up till today, I would always write in my journal, `All parts,' `All parts,' `All parts.' My fantasy--my highest vision--was that at some point in my life not only would I feel all parts of myself were accepted by other people, but that I would accept those parts. So this song is my chronicling my ongoing journey toward wholeness. And in that way it is the ultimate love song. It's the ultimate love song to someone else, and it's the ultimate love song to myself. To even play it back, it just shifts my cells."

Morissette is excited to take the songs from So-Called Chaos on the road and shift some cells for audiences too. "I am beside myself with anticipation to tour," she says. "I'm really excited to travel the world even more than I have over the last couple of years. In keeping with wanting my life to be a little bit more balanced, I'd love to make it that I'm touring whether I have a record out or not, and the tours themselves won't be breakneck year-and-a-half tours. I choose to balance everything out a little bit more.

"We also recorded 14 acoustic songs from the last five records--including this one--with the intention of releasing that mid year. I am inspired to balance my energy expenditure and my energy rejuventation, regardless of what it is that I'm doing with my days."
At the heart of So-Called Chaos is a woman coming to terms with who she is an artist and as a person. It's an album that powerfully documents a woman driven to ask big questions. "For me, one big question is, 'What is my life's purpose?' And that begs a second question: 'Is what I am doing every day in alignment with that purpose?' My life purpose is to inspire courage and compassion and the raising of consciousness on this planet, so then every little thing that I do, whether it's a conversation I have, or a relationship that I nurture, a tour that I go on or a song that I write---it serves me to see how in alignment it is with my purpose. My choices are a lot easier to make when I have my purpose to reference."

So-Called Chaos is music that comes from a woman with great talent and an even greater sense of purpose.
--by David Wild, 2004

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ALANIS MORISSETTE
HUMANITARIAN ENDEAVORS
"THE GREAT WARMING" : ALANIS--along with Keanu Reeves--narrated a three-hour documentary series about climate change, produced by Stonehaven in association with Discovery Channel Canada . "The Great Warming" is a clear-eyed examination of the science, impacts and solutions of climate change. Shot in nine countries, this mini-series will be aired first in Canada (it will premiere on Earth Day, April 22, 2004) and then be distributed worldwide by CTV (the owner of Discovery in Canada ). Additionally, it will be distributed free of charge to developing countries by the UN agency Television Trust for the Environment.

HYBRID CAR : ALANIS will continue in her commitment to contributing to the building of a sustainable future on the planet by driving a Toyota Prius. (2004)

"THE EXONERATED" : ALANIS portrayed exoneree Sunny Jacobs in the critically acclaimed theatre production of "The Exonerated" (December 2-7, 2003). "The Exonerated" began its journey over the summer of 2000, when married authors Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen traveled across the United States , interviewing 40 of the (then) 89 former death row prisoners. They went as far south as Texas and Miami , as far north as Chicago and just about everywhere in between to meet the people whose stories appear in "The Exonerated." The interviewees were from vastly different ethnic, religious and educational backgrounds. Their views on the world varied greatly. The only thing they had in common was that all 40 had been sentenced to death, spent anywhere from 2 to 22 years on death row and were subsequently found innocent and freed by the state. Their interviews form the core of "The Exonerated ." Alanis' website links to Sunny's site(s).

" Puntos de Encuentro" : ALANIS allowed free use of her song "That I Would Be Good" for "Sexto Sentido," an educational pack of videos that are being distributed by non-profit organizations which work to educate young people primarily in Nicaragua (as well as other parts of Latin America ) on issues like domestic violence, racism, women's rights, among others. Each set of tapes includes: nine cassettes with 4 episodes per cassette; a discussion guide; and a booklet with summaries of the stories and the themes contained in the episodes. (2003-2004).

13TH ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA AWARDS ( The Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles , November 5, 2003 ): ALANIS received the EMA Missions in Music Award. The Environmental Media Awards honor people in the entertainment industry who have gone above and beyond their peers in consistently including environmental practices and story lines in their work. Edward Norton received the EMA Futures Award.

P.S. ARTS: ALANIS served as a Benefit Committee Member for two P.S. Arts events: "Express Yourself" (November 2003) and "Jam Night" (November 2003). For over 13 years, P.S. Arts has worked tirelessly to provide access to the arts through in-school programs to thousands of children in some of the most under-served neighborhoods in California . Recognized by local, county and state agencies as an outstanding arts provider, P.S. ARTS serves as a national model advocating arts for all students. P.S. Arts was founded as a community outreach program of Crossroads School .

COMMON ASSETS DEFENSE FUND'S CREATIVE COUNCIL : ALANIS co-founded this creative think tank with Rick Rubin, Mike D and Rob Morrow to create public actions that highlight and protect the inestimably valuable area of the environmental "commons." The commons include the world's oceans, rivers, roads, wild animals, democracy, electromagnetic spectrum, the internet, landscapes and soundscapes.

WWW.FIREGRILLES.COM (November 2003): The Common Assets Defense Fund's Creative Council (which ALANIS co-founded with Rick Rubin, Mike D and Rob Morrow ) is supporting measures to oust Deputy Secretary of the Interior Steven Grilles, a former lobbyist for oil and electric companies whom now overseas the U.S. national parks.

EQUALITY NOW 'S "AN EVENING OF MUSIC & READINGS" (New York, September 8, 2003): ALANIS participated in an evening celebrating survival and strength with Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Hilary Swank and Julia Stiles. The event raised funds, hope, courage, and resistance for women who escaped commercial sexual exploitation. Equality Now is an international human rights organization that works for the civil, political, economic and social rights of women around the world.

WE THE PLANET ( Golden Gate Park 's Speedway Meadow in San Francisco , April 10, 2003): ALANIS performed an acoustic set at this festival of music, consciousness and activism, raising awareness for global environmental concerns (www.wetheplanet.org). Other artists on the bill included Bonnie Raitt, Cake, De La Soul and Concrete Blonde.

VOTERS FOR CHOICE (The Showbox in Seattle , April 8, 2003): ALANIS performed to raise funds while celebrating 30 years of Roe vs. Wade. The Voters For Choice Action Fund (VFCAF) was founded by Gloria Steinem with the sole purpose of promoting reproductive freedom as a basic human right (www.voters4choice.org).

ROCK THE VOTE's PATRICK LIPPERT AWARD (Roseland Ballroom, February 22, 2003): ALANIS was cited for her dedication to causes making the world safer for young people, including the benefit concert Groundwork , for The Act to Reduce Hunger, as well as several fund-raisers for gun control and 9/11 relief. Along with ALANIS, Peter Gabriel was recognized with a Patrick Lippert Award, as well. Founded in 1990 by members of the recording industry, the non-partisan, non-profit organization is dedicated to protecting freedom of expression, calling on young people to recognize their role in creating political and social change by exercising their right to vote and participate in government.

RECYCLED CD MATERIALS : ALANIS was one of the first artists to have her feast on scraps CD materials on recycled paper. Initially, she paid for this out of her pocket, but now it's becoming an industry standard (December 2002).

HBO'S " Laramie Project" : ALANIS contributed the song, "Awakening Americans" to the soundtrack for this film which recreates the efforts of a New York theatre troupe to shed light on a western town's loss of innocence following a hate crime perpetrated on a 21-year-old University of Wyoming student. The film was adapted from the acclaimed play of the same name. (2002)

RAWA--EQUALITY NOW BENEFIT CONCERT ( Berlin , Germany , August 12, 2002 ): ALANIS donated concert tickets to the international human rights organization Equality Now ( www.equalitynow.org ) and RAWA (the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, www.rawa.org). RAWA is an independent political/social organization of Afghan women fighting for human rights and for social justice in Afghanistan .
FRONT ROW TICKETS AUCTIONED TO RAISE FUNDS FOR EQUALITY NOW: Five pairs of front row tickets for every concert on ALANIS' 2002 North American tour were auctioned via E-Bay with all of the auction proceeds after the face value of the ticket going directly to the Equality Now organization (in the U.S.), which works for the human rights of women around the world ( www.equalitynow.org ) in the Covent House Women's Shelter (Canada).

EQUALITY NOW : ALANIS performed at Equality Now's 10 th anniversary benefit gala April 8, 2002 at NYC's The Gramercy Theater. During ALANIS' 2002 U.S. tour, she donated the net proceeds of ticket sales for the first two rows of seats that were auctioned off on E-Bay. In addition, ALANIS arranged for House of Blues Concerts to donate a percentage of ticket sales from the May 3 and 4 shows at Los Angeles' Universal Amphitheatre. ALANIS also donated 50 tickets to Equality Now for each of her 2002 concerts in Germany and Holland . Equality Now is an international human rights organization dedicated to action for the civil, political, economic and social rights of girls and women.
GAP AD : ALANIS donated her proceeds from the Holiday 2001 "Give A Little Bit" ad campaign to Equality Now.

FRIENDS OF THE UNITED NATIONS AWARD : ALANIS was presented with a "Global Tolerance Award" November 11, 2001 at United Nations Delegates Dining Room .

NOW AND ZEN FESTIVAL : ALANIS performed at this benefit for the 9/11 relief fund in San Francisco on Sunday, September 23, 2001. Macy Gray and Shelby Lynne also appeared.

GROUNDWORK : ALANIS appeared at this benefit for the Act To Reduce Hunger, October 22, 2001 in Seattle . Other artists include R.E.M., Dave Matthews and Pearl Jam.

Music Without Borders : Alanis headlined October 21, 2001 concert at Toronto 's Air Canada Centre to raise funds for the United Nations Donor Alert Appeal, benefitting refugees of the conflict in Afghanistan . Other performers included The Tragically Hip, Our Lady Peace and Bruce Cockburn.

JOHN LENNON TRIBUTE CONCERT : Benefit for Gun Control and 9/11 relief aid, October 2, 2001 at NYC's Radio City Music Hall . Other artists included Shelby Lynne, Moby, Lou Reed, STP. Kevin Spacey hosted.

SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT : Performed July 31, 2001 in Anchorage to help raise awareness and funds for Alaska 's environmental concerns. Formed "New Power Project" with fellow artists: Jackson Browne, The Dave Matthews Band, Moby, James Taylor, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers and Mike D (Beastie Boys).

JANE EYRE : In May, 2001, ALANIS purchased $150,000 worth of tickets to the "Jane Eyre" play to keep it on Broadway, donating all the tickets to inner city youth groups (City Kids and Early Stages).

ARTISTS RIGHTS : On April 3, 2001, ALANIS testified before U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about artists rights and file sharing.
PROJECT ANGEL FOOD : In January 2001, ALANIS prepared and delivered food with this organization, which provides daily free meals to men, women, and children disabled by HIV/AIDS.

MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE : Following her 2000 trek through the Middle East and Eastern Europe, ALANIS documented visits and performances in 15 countries (including Lebanon , Croatia and Turkey ) over the Internet. Young ambassadors in each country took alanis around the cities she visited on the day of her show. ALANIS wrapped up the tour with a special acoustic performance and question-and-answer session at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles , which is dedicated to teaching youth the importance of accepting diversity and sharing cultures. Funds raised from ticket sales from the event benefited the Museum of Tolerance .

SONGS OF HOPE : ALANIS contributed to this celebrity sheet music/memorabilia auction to benefit City of Hope , November 1, 2000 in Los Angeles .

The Great Jubilee Concert For A Debt-Free World : ALANIS performed in Rome for Pope John Paul II and 300,000 youth at The Great Jubilee Concert For A Debt-Free World to bring attention to the world's poorest nations and the need for social justice. (May 1, 2000).
BRIDGE SCHOOL BENEFIT CONCERT : ALANIS performed at this annual San Francisco-area concert. The Bridge School is a non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure that individuals with severe speech and physical impairments achieve full participation in their communities through the use of augmentative & alternative means of communication (AAC) and assistive technology (AT) applications and through the development, implementation and dissemination of innovative life-long educational strategies. ( October 18 & 19, 1997).

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ALANIS MORISSETTE
SOME BACKGROUND
- Since emerging in 1995, ALANIS MORISSETTE has become one of the premiere singer-songwriter-musicians in contemporary music. Her deeply expressive music and performances have earned the seven-time Grammy Award winner vast critical praise and a dedicated fanbase that extends throughout the world, with album sales exceeding 40 million.

- ALANIS' groundbreaking 1995 Maverick debut jagged little pill heavily impacted listeners, revealing a talented young artist with a powerful voice and challenging vision. The monumental success of jagged little pill --which featured hits "You Oughta Know," "Hand In My Pocket," "Ironic" and "You Learn"--kept ALANIS on the road for an 18-month world tour between 1995 and 1996 that started in clubs and ended in arenas. The album earned ALANIS four Grammy Awards: " Album of the Year," "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance ('You Oughta Know')," "Best Rock Song ('You Oughta Know')" and "Best Rock Album" in addition to a "Best Video/Long Form" Grammy Award in 1997 for co-directing the jagged little pill, LIVE! home video.

"The songs on jagged little pill are tales of a young woman determined to make her own way, inventing herself as she leaves behind childhood indoctrination, manipulative lovers, sleazy business associates and, finally, her own self-doubt."
-- Jon Pareles , New York Times , August 1995

- In 1998, ALANIS wrote and co-produced the song "Uninvited" for the The City Of Angels soundtrack. The song featured a 22-piece string section and earned ALANIS two Grammy Awards: "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance" and " Best Rock Song."

- ALANIS returned in 1998 with the release of Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie , which featured the hits "Thank U," "Unsent" and "So Pure." Upon the album's completion, ALANIS said: "I see every recording I've done as a snapshot of that time in my life. I feel fulfilled when I feel the songs were inspired and representative of myself in the moment." Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie was a worldwide success, reflecting ALANIS' expanded musical artistry.

"Artistically, Alanis Morissette exceeds our highest hopes on her can't-lose new album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie . The ambitious collection is her probing, shrewd, sensual and fearlessly autobiographical exploration of being young and female in the 90's."
-- Edna Gundersen , USA T oday , October 30, 1998

- In 1999, ALANIS produced her MTV Unplugged album, intimately re-working her material and introducing some unreleased work before a live audience at New York 's Brooklyn Academy of Music. The album, which featured the single "That I Would Be Good," focused on her penetrating vocals and creative arrangements, becoming a fan favorite.
"Just when it seemed that this mostly acoustic series had run dry, Morissette jump-starts it with a marvelous performance that finds her rethinking her songs rather than just replaying them."
--Robert Hilburn, LOS ANGELES TIMES , November 21, 1999

- ALANIS wrote and produced UNDER RUG SWEPT in 2002, creating songs by playing acoustic and electric guitars and keyboards while writing in a stream-of-consciousness accelerated way. In her Boston Herald review (February 26, 2002), Sarah Rodman called the single "Hands Clean" "a perfect Morissette tune...sung with the kind of wry clearheadedness at which she excels."
"There's been plenty of whining about pop's current trend to indulge style over substance, but Alanis Morissette quells the where-has-all-the-good-music-gone bellyaching with a smart, musically eclectic disc."
-- Dan Aquilante , NEW YORK POST , 2/26/02

- In late 2002, ALANIS issued FEAST ON SCRAPS: INSIDE UNDER RUG SWEPT . This special DVD and CD package was highlighted by a full concert from Rotterdam , Netherlands and eight unreleased songs from sessions for UNDER RUG SWEPT , plus an acoustic version of that album's hit single "Hands Clean." The DVD also featured exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the making of UNDER RUG SWEPT and rare home videos.

"Morissette matters most when resisting the demons of society and herself, as she does erupting on the frantic 'Sister Blister' or the big, windy 'Fear of Bliss'...'Simple Together' is delicate and true, transforming this two-disc collection into more than curious leftovers from Under Rug Swept . Add a DVD disc and you have odds and sods for true believers and the rest of us.'
--Steve Appleford, LOS ANGELES TIMES , 12/15/02

- At the same time, ALANIS has remained at the forefront of humanitarian issues, Internet technology, and music artists' rights. She's also contributed to the literary world, writing the forward to the book "Conversations With God For Teens" (by Neale Donald Walsch). Additionally, she has written articles from various magazines on a range of women's issues.

- ALANIS' universal appeal has led to a unique connection with fans and extensive worldwide touring. During her precedent-setting summer 2000 trek through the Middle East and Eastern Europe, ALANIS documented visits and performances in 15 countries (including Lebanon , Croatia and Turkey ) over the Internet. In most regions, a young ambassador escorted ALANIS beyond the usual tourist attractions to see historical, cultural and political sites while sharing native customs and beliefs. ALANIS wrapped up that tour with a special acoustic performance and question-and-answer session at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles , which is dedicated to teaching youth the importance of accepting diversity and sharing cultures. Earlier that same year, ALANIS performed in Rome for Pope John Paul II and 300,000 youth at The Great Jubilee Concert For A Debt-Free World (to bring attention to the world's poorest nations and the need for social justice). ALANIS' worldwide travels also brought her to Cuba in 1998 on a cultural exchange journey whereby North American artists had the chance to meet the people, including students, of that country.

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