Gilded is the debut offering from California singer/songwriter
Jade Jackson. It marks the arrival of a young but sophisticated talent who possesses a keen melodic ear, an innate sense of rhyme and phrasing, and a slow, syrupy sweet, slightly raspy voice to deliver it all in. She's soaked up a wealth of influences, from
Hank Williams and
Lucinda Williams to
Townes Van Zandt,
Gillian Welch,
Ryan Adams, and more. She has also, especially for such a young person, a deep well of experience from which to draw from and does so with finesse.