The latter – which closed the show – prompted Shelton to admit to the 16-year-old talent, “Listen man, you’re clearly the frontrunner, and there’s no question in anybody’s mind.” You engaged all the country music fans out there across the country, and you’ve already engaged all the new fans that you’ve made through your journey on the show.” The result was deliciously retro, evoking images of Etta James in a smoky club somewhere in the South - a reminder that there’s a rich space to inhabit where country collides with R&B.Īfter her performance - which the Louisiana native dedicated to Nashville, her hometown for the past 11 years - coach Blake Shelton gushed, “I can’t even contain myself right now because I know what just happened.

She may be re-branding herself as a soul singer, but for Monday night’s Top Five semi-finals on The Voice, Nashville’s Meghan Linsey dug deep into her country catalog for a show-stopping rendition of “Tennessee Whiskey,” a song originally recorded by David Allan Coe in 1981, then catapulted into a country classic two years later by George Jones.īut it was Chris Stapleton’s bluesy re-make of the tune from his just-released debut solo album that provided the arrangement for Linsey’s cover of his cover.

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