Update: Pia Toscano did it again. She sang the national anthem Monday night and the Kings won, 4-0, to take a 3-0 lead in the Stanley Cup finals. Pia has performed the anthem before every Kings’ home playoff game this year, and the team is on the verge of winning its first-ever Stanley Cup. Game…
The flow of new Idol music will slow considerably now that the hype of Season 11 has passed, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few musical treats to look forward to. For instance, we’re just weeks away from that debut album from Casey Abrams, he of the dramatic Season 10 save, he of the…
Charity Vance grabbed my attention a year ago with a splendid little pop tune called “Icing.” It was released about the same time the singer-songwriter from Little Rock, Ark., appeared on Season 9 of Idol, where she dared sing “Summertime” during the audition round … and still earned a golden ticket to Hollywood. She failed…
Three years ago, country singer-songwriter Brent Keith appeared to be one of the most promising contestants on American Idol. Then came that year’s Top 36 semifinal mess. If you don’t recall, that was the year Idol split the semifinalists into groups of 12 and had a different group perform each week, with voters selecting three…
