Can a singer-songwriter named Tony Lucca pull off a third straight, high-energy, crowd-pleasing performance? Can opera-trained Chris Mann, no longer interesting in shrinking his voice, deliver a performance that will appeal to the masses? Can former background singer Jermaine Paul and mentor Blake Shelton finally find the right match of singer and song? And will…
Great news for fans of David Archuelta: The Season 7 runner-up from American Idol is off on his two-year mission trip with the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints, but the new music hasn’t ended. This morning, his team announced that an album called “Begin” will be released on Aug. 7 in the U.S. …
Every May you can count on a rash of new CDs from former Idols timed to coincide with heightened interest in the show as a new finale approaches. But this one was a surprise. A surprise of the most pleasant sort. Megan Joy promised us “a beautiful album” when she launched a kickstarter campaign to…
For the fourth straight year, David Cook participated in the Race for Hope in Washington, D.C., Sunday, helping raise money for brain cancer research. His team didn’t quite repeat as top fund-raisers for the event, a feat it had accomplished three straight years. But Team David Cook still raised more than $80,500 for the event,…
