Jackie Tice

Singer/songwriter Jackie Tice discovered her self-identity through folk songs and Native American spirituality. It was her song "The Marijo Tonight," about life at an Irish bar in Pennsylvania, ironically enough, that placed her on the singer/songwriter map when she won the prestigious New Folk Award from the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas in 1996. Tice didn't begin her music career with visions of becoming an award-winning folksinger. She started her musical studies at age 12 with classical piano in Swedeland, PA. She switched to organ, playing Bach chorales at church unt...