Starting out as lead singer with teen punk-pop band Hey Monday, Florida-born
Cassadee Pope toured with Fall Out Boy and performed on the Warped Tour, but
when the band fell apart and solo gigs proved thin on the ground, she auditioned
for US TV talent show The Voice in 2012. Her sweetly roared, pitch-perfect
version of Natalie Imbruglia's hit Torn had all four judges spinning their
chairs around and, after choosing Blake Shelton as her mentor, she went on to
win the contest and duet with her hero Avril Lavigne in the final. Developing a
more heartfelt, country pop sound throughou...