Hannah Harper Wows With Commanding Performance Of “Ain’t No Grave” On ‘American Idol’

Hannah Harper delivered a strong efficiency on American Idoltaking the stage with a fiery rendition of “Ain’t No Grave,” a tune famously recorded by Johnny Cash in addition to Bethel Music and Molly Skaggs, as she continued her journey within the Idol competitors, vying for a spot within the coveted Top 14.

Ahead of her efficiency, the 25-year-old stay-at-home mom of three boys opened up concerning the surreal expertise of getting her household along with her in Hawaii for the performances, together with her husband, Devon, and their three sons.

“I think it’ll be surreal to be up on the stage and see my kids. All of it feels like a dream to be able to share this with them. Everyone’s so happy to be here,” Harper defined to Idol producers. “They got their hair a whole bunch of different colors and it was all crazy and fun. They got tattooed up, and had a meet and greet with Mickey. It was a sweet experience. I’m just soaking it all in.”

She then met with Idol mentors Brad Paisley and Keke Palmer, the place she mirrored on her first Hawaii efficiency through the “’Ohana Round.”

“‘Ohana Round was incredible. It was really exciting, but also terrifying,” Harper instructed Paisley and Palmer. “I’m not used to not having my guitar in my hands. This time, I wanted to do the same thing from the last round and put the guitar down. I’m having a hard time getting out of my body. And especially bluegrass. You stand in one spot, you do your thing and then you walk off stage.”

Palmer applauded Harper for “challenging” herself to carry out with no guitar in hand to showcase a special facet of her artistry, to which Harper admitted that her purpose for this spherical was to “be more comfortable in my body.”

Paisley praised her expertise, saying, “Your voice is everything I love about this style of music,” whereas Palmer inspired her to concentrate on partaking the viewers. “Instead of thinking maybe to myself about, I got to move around the stage, more so think about I got to get the folks engaged,” Palmer suggested.

Paisley continued, “She’s definitely seasoned, but I think she’s feeling like, how do I do what I do on a show like this? Look for your family and the audience,” with Palmer including, “Capture the feeling that you have when they’re up there with you.”

Midway by way of her mentorship session with Paisley and Palmer, Harpers three sons joined her. “My kids stepped in, getting to have that moment with my family just to breathe for a second, calms all your anxiety,” Harper shared. She continued, “The entire journey through all of this, I’m having to just constantly peel layers off. I hope that I’m showing my boys that no matter how old they are, be open to learning and to just be resilient.”

Hannah then took to the Idol stage for a rockin’ cowl of “Ain’t No Grave,” a tune written by Claude Ely and famously recorded by Johnny Cash and Bethel Music and Molly Skaggs, amongst others.

“Ain’t no grave/ Can hold my body down/ There ain’t no grave/ Can hold my body down,” Harper sang of the anthemic observe.

idol choose Lionel Richie praised the efficiency, noting her storytelling skill. “She delivered. See, here’s the whole point…When you can actually be the storyteller, and then sometimes in the middle of that performance, you went from singing to preaching. I mean, what I’m saying to you is at that point when you see everybody going, okay, that means we’re listening and you got our attention. You did a great job.”

Palmer agreed. “First of all, everybody performs different. I think that’s the big part of this competition, right? It’s like not doing what you think you should do, really embodying what you bring to the stage, and that’s what you did,” Palmer gushed. “You don’t have to do what nobody does because when you start singing, girl, and you were pointing, you were commanding us, we were locked in. It was excellent. It was very moving.”

Luke Bryan joked that Harper could have created a complete new style with this efficiency. “I think you started a new genre, Resurrection Rock.” He continued, “I love the whole performance. I think your voice is so listenable. It’s so easy on the ears. And then finally, we see you get a little more power behind that voice. So you’re showing me you’re ready to branch out and grow. Definitely my favorite performance I’ve seen you do.”

Carrie Underwood praised her tune selection and vocal skills. “Great song choice. Your voice gave me chills the entire time. We got a glimpse of like a fire that is in you that I feel like the more you go through this whole process, I hope to see more of.”

Underwood additionally mentioned Harper reminded her of herself when she competed on Idol in 2005 and supplied some recommendation.

“You remind me lots of myself once I was on the present. When I might be on stage, I’d look out and I’d be like, ‘What are you doing on the market hand? What’s occurring? Why are you pointing?’ And impulsively it is like issues would type of begin falling aside as a result of I might begin enthusiastic about what I used to be doing. Try to not. Just inform the story. And don’t fret about what any of that is doing as a result of I really feel like we obtained some glimpses of that and it is superior. So hold at it.”

Fans first met Hannah Harper throughout her now viral idol auditionthe place she carried out an authentic tune impressed by her postpartum struggles, titled “String Cheese.” Her audition introduced Carrie Underwood to tears and Luke Bryan in contrast her vocals to Dolly Parton.

During Hollywood Week, Harper delivered a goosebumps-inducing cowl of “A Little Past Little Rock” by Lee Ann Womack, and in the end scored a spot within the Top 30 with that efficiency. While competing for a coveted spot within the Top 20, Harper paid tribute to her late grandpa with an emotional cover of “Go Rest High on That Mountain” by Vince Gill.

Voting has modified this season, and followers have 3 ways to help their favourite contestants: on-line at AmericanIdol.com/Voteon social media (@AmericanIdol) by commenting the contestant’s first title on the pinned put up on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, or by texting the contestant’s quantity to 21523.

For Hannah Harper, that quantity is 8. Fans can solid as much as 10 votes per contestant per methodology and platform. Voting opens when the contestant seems on TV and closes at 6 AM EST on March 17.

Over the following week, the remaining Idol hopefuls will carry out for America’s votes from Disney’s Aulani Resort & Spa in Hawaii, hoping for an opportunity to advance to the Top 14 whereas guided by famous person mentors Brad Paisley and Keke Palmer.

Follow Hannah Harper’s journey on American Idol Mondays at 8/7c on ABC, or stream the episode the following day on Hulu.