Meet and hear more from Shalyah Fearing of The Voice Season 10

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Meet and hear more from Shalyah Fearing of The Voice Season 10

March 6, 2016 By Mark Franklin 0

Her audition: Shalyah Fearing, 15, of Hudson, Fla., auditioned with “What is Love” by V Bozeman, showing vocal maturity beyond her years. Christina Aguilera turned around in a heartbeat. She wound up being the only coach to do so, meaning Shalyah joined Team Christina.

Her background: Shalyah says it’s a lot of fun in her household because her family is so big; she has three sisters and four brothers. In the past year, her mother lost her job, forcing the large family to move into a smaller house. “My parents just made it work,” Shalyah says. As for the fun, there’s the family band — Fearing Star. Shalyah plays keyboards and is the lead singer. Her mom manages the group, which performs at local coffee shops and events. But Shalyah dreams of being a solo artist.

What the show didn’t show:

According to her bio on The Voice website, Shalyah has been singing since she was 5.

That family band — FearingStar — also features Yashiya on guitar, Chaamalah on bass and Chaasad on horns and vocals, according to the group’s Facebook page.

Fearing Star’s music ranges from R&B to reggae to soft rock and some pop tossed in for good measure.

Shalyah is the second oldest of the eight siblings and says the band got its start one day when her brother started playing a song on clarinet. She joined in on piano. One of her sisters started singing. ” We thought, ‘We’re really pretty good.’”

Shalyah has attended the rock school at the Patel Conservatory and Straz Center in Tampa, Fla.

Through that school, she met a member of a band called the Muddy Apes and got a chance to sing backup on an album they were recording, which marked her first studio experience.

She also played the role of Ursula in the conservatory’s performance of “The Little Mermaid, Jr.”

On iTunes: Just her performance from The Voice.

Keeping up with Shalyah:
Twitter: @ShalyahFearing
Facebook
YouTube (FearingStar)

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