Ashland Craft: Everything To Know About 'The Voice' Contestant

Ashland Craft is one of the most talented country singers in The Voice. The singer has made her place in the hearts of the audience by her lovely voice. She had Miley Cyrus and Shelton, the two judges of The Voice fight for her in the blind auditions. She seems active on Twitter and she can also be found on Instagram. So what do we know about Ashland Craft?

Born on April 30, 1996, Ashland Craft belongs to Piedmont, South Carolina. Her age is 21 years. Father of Ashland Craft was a mechanic and he even built her a music studio. The studio was at the back of the garage and was built to help her realize her goals and it has helped Ashland Craft in developing as an artist, a singer. As of today, she has two local steady gigs going on, one at Honky-tonk and other at Wendell’s Dippin Branch. Her YouTube covers are widely viewed by million subscribers and so it can be said that Ashland Craft is also a YouTube cover artist. She learned guitar at the age of 10 all by herself. She has led the house band the Wendell’s Dippin Branch country club in Anderson, South Carolina. Instagram is flooded with her images. She is in a relationship with McCauley Walker Hannah currently. Her height is approximately 5’7” and she has graduated from Woodmont High School. Ashland Craft loved music since she was a child and it led her to The Voice. She sang at Agape Baptist Church in Piedmont while growing up. In middle and high school, she performed in school talents as well. When she was a teenager, she realized music is the field where she wanted to have a career. She had auditioned twice for The Voice before, and it clicked the third time. She found performing in front of Jennifer Hudson, the American Idol famed judge of The Voice, a bit nerve-wracking. Another name from the American Idol is Kelly Clarkson who is helping the coaches of The Voice with their teams and she will be a coach herself in the next season of The Voice.

The blind audition song in the Voice, You Are My Sunshine sung by Ashland Craft, made Miley Cyrus feel an instant connection to her. Cyrus fell out of her chair in disbelief that Ashland Craft picked her over rival coaches of The Voice like Blake Shelton and Adam Levine. The battle of coaches for Ashland Craft has been the most dramatic in the 13th season of The Voice with Jennifer Hudson sitting out as the other three judges locked heads. While Levine is a rocker and Shelton is a country star, Cyrus is a bit of both. That’s how she tried to tempt Ashland Craft. Sheldon even told the singer from Piedmont that there has not been a voice like hers on country radio since Gretchen Wilson. And Miley Cyrus wanted to turn her into “the punk rock Dolly Parton.” However, to Cyrus, she now seems to be having a little anxiety issue and stage fright, which wasn’t there before. A big platform like The Voice can have that impact. She suggested Ashland Craft to imagine holes on the bottom of her feet and imagining that all the air from there is going into her lungs. And when she is going for the big notes when she gets nervous blowout butterflies. This is a trick Cyrus has used to fight her stage fright. And trust me when I say those butterflies have been doing magic for Craft.

Well, mostly because it is her favorite song, Ashland Craft chose to sing it for her blind audition in The Voice. Another reason for her choosing this song is that the song showcased every aspect of her voice a little bit. Ashland Craft loves the way it sounds, a little bluesy with a hint of rock in it. And obviously, it has the country aspect. These are the three main aspects of the music for her and hence, this song felt perfect to her. And truly so, everyone in The Voice was thrilled by her song and the way she sang it. Her songs topped the charts on iTunes. In 24 hours it made to top 30 on the list. You can watch her singing You Are My Sunshine here:

Blake Shelton, Adam Levine and Miley Cyrus, all three of them were pinning for Ashland Craft. But she went with Miley. She was going to choose Blake, he was the obvious choice for country singing in The Voice. Going to Miley Cyrus was the last minute decision for her. So, what made her change her to decide at the last minute? When she was on the stage, she was thrilled to hear what everybody had to say. She was shocked to know that Miley Cyrus was the about the same age as hers. She told Ashland Craft about how she would make Craft feel more comfortable since they belong to the same age group. That was what really made Ashland Craft decide that she would go with Miley Cyrus. Cyrus thinks Ashland Craft is among the top contenders in the live rounds of The Voice. Craft felt pressure and pleasure both at the same time. She felt pressure because that statement made her feel like she is being held to a standard. And she felt pleasure because Cyrus has that much faith in her and she wanted Craft to make it through the live rounds of The Voice. To a certain extent, Miley Cyrus believing in Ashland Craft made Craft feel comfortable.

Ashland Craft won rounds after rounds in The Voice and hearts after hearts, of judges, and of the audience. She is immensely talented and she has proved it time and over. Among the country singer, she is being counted among the top contenders for the winner of The Voice. It would be amazing to see the battle between country singers like Red Marlow and Ashland Craft.