Jewel details what her off-the-grid childhood in Alaska was like The 51-year-old singer told Fox News Digital she grew up with no running water or electricity in Alaska. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Jewel is opening up about her off-the-grid upbringing. In a recent interview with Fox News Digital at the Breakthrough Awards, the 51-year-old singer described what it was like growing up in Alaska. " My lifestyle was just subsistence living, no electricity, no running water," she