Having a Voice

We’ll take another slight detour here.  It’s not from an international version of The Voice, but I came across it during one of those searches, and it popped up.  It’s from America’s Got Talent, and is when a young woman with a bad stutter very slowly comes onstage.  What leaps out – and is clear that it leaps out to not just the judges but the auditorium – that it’s not only her singing that stands out, but her musicianship, songwriting and who she is.  Watch, too, the judges’ reactions as she sings, starting with the always-skeptical Simon Cowell who (just before she begins) whispers almost imperceptibly, “I hope she’s good,” and then after only the first line of the performance, as he watches intently, his eyes noticeably widen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9TgB3KIQPM