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"Ain't No Way" is one of my favorite Aretha Franklin songs. In fact, years ago I had a post up at an old blog about the Queen of Soul and that song. I am one of those people who would be hard on anyone singing it, so when I say Sasha Allen sang that song amazingly on this week's episode of The Voice, I mean it. "Ain't No Way" came out when I was eight years old. My mother and aunts were

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Miranda Lambert's emotional performance of "The House That Built Me" got to me, too. The country singer and wife of Blake Shelton, sang the song at Wednesday night's benefit on NBC, Healing in the Heartland, for victims of that massive tornado that slammed Moore, Oklahoma, earlier this month. Tornado destruction or not

Coach Shakira matched Sasha Allen ("At Last") with Shawna P. ("Maybe I'm Amazed"), and I think Shakira was sincere presenting that knock-out-round match-up. Sasha won, rightfully so, but Shawna was a fierce competitor. At least Shakira tried to offer a real battle. Coach Adam Levine, on the other hand, played the audience a bit, pitting Orlando Dixon ("All My Life") against the

Last night on NBC's The Voice, Trevin Hunte performed "And I am Telling You" from Dream Girls, the show-stealing ballad made famous by Jennifer Holliday and Jennifer Hudson. He changed the words to, "I'm the best man you'll ever know. There's no way I could ever go." His performance seems to have undone Christina Aguilera. She told him that if he does not get a record contract, she wants him to

I appreciate many of this season's singers on NBC's The Voice, but I consistently enjoy Nicholas David's vocals of Team CeeLo. In the video above, Nicks sings Marvin Gaye's classic "What's Going On." I've already purchased the longer iTunes release. The Twitterverse is abuzz with comments such as Nicholas David has a black soul in his body." As I tweeted at him (@TheFeelin) after I saw last

Here's a sneak peek of one of the battles viewers will see this Monday night on NBC's The Voice. It's Trevin Hunte vs. Amanda Brown of Team CeeLo singing "Vision of Love," a song made possible for Mariah Carey.

Trevin Hunte's moving rendition of "Listen" on this season's The Voice on NBC. Chills. Yes. As my mother would have said, "He laid that!" Blake Shelton was up asking Adam Levine what was wrong with him that he didn't push his button for this young man. But Trevin's got some stiff competition, including Nicholas David and quite a few others. I'll find the time to watch. I'd buy an album by

Joshua Ledet of Westlake, Louisiana, performs "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" on American Idol Top 4  Vs. Juliet Simms's performance on NBC's The Voice. Juliet, coached by CeeLo came in second on The Voice Tuesday night. Jermaine Paul, coached by Blake Shelton, won. His holding his wife while singing "I Can Believe I Can Fly" was very moving. Vs. James Brown's original rendition