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Artist
Adley Stump
12+ albums
countryindiesinger-songwriterfemale vocalistsunder 100 listeners
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Sometimes you hear the voice of fate when you least expect it. And sometimes that voice is so loud and clear that you can’t deny it. For Adley Stump, that voice came—much to her own surprise—right out of her own mouth. So far her singing talent has already taken her from her native Oklahoma to nationwide exposure as a contestant on TV’s hit talent competition The Voice. And now Adley Stump’s voice can be heard in full flower on her debut EP, Like a Lady. For the young woman at the center of all the fuss, none of this was part of the plan. Stump was busy getting her degree in public relations at Oklahoma State University when friends dared her to try out for a singing part in a sorority production. She’d been honing her skills as a dancer and cheerleader since childhood, but had never considered the notion that she might have a gift for singing as well. “We all just laughed when they dared,” she recalls with a chuckle. “But I’ll take a dare from anybody. So I started singing, and I think people were shocked by what came out. I was shocked by what came out.” What came out was a voice as rich and sweetly melodious as it was pure and authentic. She got the solo—but more importantly, she found a direction. “To feel that vulnerability and that fire for the first time … ” she says, “I thought, ‘I like this.’” By her senior year she was performing regularly at Willie’s Saloon in Stillwater, Okla. (Garth Brooks’ old stamping ground), but still her path seemed set for a public-relat
