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…
I certainly won’t get my hopes up too high, because we’ve heard about possible changes to American Idol in the past that never came to fruition. Everyone remember Nigel Lythgoe’s idea of cutting the results shows to 30 minutes? But the New York Times is reporting that the company that owns the rights to American…
