Meet and hear more from Jonathan Bach of The Voice Season 10

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Meet and hear more from Jonathan Bach of The Voice Season 10

March 2, 2016 By Mark Franklin 0

His audition: Jonathan Bach, 20, of Ann Arbor, Mich., auditioned with Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.” His performance was montaged with two other singers, so we got to see just a snippet. But he prompted a chair turn from Pharrell Williams, who praised Jonathan’s vocal control.

His background: The Voice website tells us that Jonathan is the son of two Iraqi immigrants “who aren’t entirely supportive of his musical aspirations.” He sang in choir and a cappella groups in high school. And he’s attending the University of Michigan as a pre-med student.

What the show didn’t show:

On Facebook, Jonathan describes his music as pop/soul.

He’s also posted this motto there: “When the world tries to quiet you, let it push you to #SingLouder!” The Voice website tells us Jonathan was bullied throughout high school.

That bullying is one reason Jonathan says he decided to audition with an acoustic, “more emotional” version of “Born This Way.” His take: “The message of the song is that you are perfect just the way you are.”

His YouTube channel seems to have been discontinued, but head to Vine and you can listen to several snippets of Jonathan singing.

We saw Jonathan drop to his knees at the end of his performance. He said that’s because he was “in awe that he (Pharrell Williams) saw something in me that I was even doubting I saw in myself.”

At the University of Michigan, he’s part of a coed a cappella group called Amazin’ Blue, which has 13 albums to its credit and released a five-track EP last spring. Embedded below, you’ll find two videos on which he’s a featured vocalist.

On iTunes: Just his performance from The Voice.

Keeping up with Jonathan:
Twitter: @jbach
Facebook

With Amazin’ Blue — “Ignition” remix