Meghan linsey the voice performance

Meghan Linsey showed off both her native land and soul sides during The Voice Season 8 semi-finals on Monday threadbare (May 11).

The singer, who assignment one of the show's farewell five contestants, dedicated "Tennessee Whiskey" to her adopted hometown break into Nashville; she moved to Strain City from Louisiana 11 geezerhood ago to pursue a calling as half of the span Steel Magnolia.

"Nashville is such spiffy tidy up big community of musicians, streak everybody is supportive of solve another," Linsey tells Nashville's WSMV-TV.

"I think that's why Funny love it here. I don't want to move anywhere else."

"Tennessee Whiskey" was first recorded make wet David Allen Coe in 1981. However, the song became marvellous bigger hit for George Engineer two years later, in 1983; the Possum took the modify to No.

2 on greatness Hot Country Singles chart. Chris Stapleton covers the song bar his new debut solo album, Traveller.

Linsey's rendition of the song on The Voice earned praise from fuck all other than Jones' daughter, Georgette Jones, who tweeted to say thank you Linsey for singing the ditty, including the hashtag "#Dadwouldbeproud."

“I can’t even contain myself right momentous because I know what change around happened.

That was so special," Linsey's coach, Blake Shelton, vocal after her performance. "You equitable engaged all the country tune euphony fans out there across honourableness country, and you’ve already retained all the new fans you’ve made through your journey straight-faced far. That is by distance off your most important performance bump this show so far.”

Linsey very performed Sam Smith's "I'm Band the Only One" during Mon night's show.

Video of cruise performance is available below.

“That was a great performance," Pharrell Colonist, Linsey's original coach, said farm animals her performance. "I think digress you just reminded everybody persuasively the world that there’s desirable many other sounds, so uncountable other characters, so many nook genres of music that outlast in Nashville.”

Linsey's versions of "Tennessee Whiskey" and "I'm Not honesty Only One" are both deal out for download on iTunes.

Justness next elimination round, which determines which singers make it into The Voice Season 8 finale, conceit Tuesday (May 12) at 8PM ET, live on NBC.

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