The New York Times' Ben Ratliff puts Philadelphia R&B singer Jade Alston's first mixtape on his playlist.
Her musical identity isn’t fully formed yet, but she’s got a voice that sounds timely right now, especially on the title track and “Searching”: smoothed out and breathy, in Toni Braxton’s general area, never strobing in your ear, sometimes even self-effacing.
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