So it did in the New York City subway system, where for 30 years Alice Tan Ridley sang gospel, ... He pushed her to do “America’s Got Talent”; in 2010 she made the semifinals in Las Vegas.

NPR's Scott Simon takes a moment to remember Alice Tan Ridley, who busked in the New York City subways and reached the semi-finals of "America's Got Talent." ...

By the time Alice Tan Ridley tried out for America's Got Talent in 2010, she had already led a tough, full, and interesting life. Her audition song aptly, was the Etta James classic, "At Last." ...