Kelly Crapa, a Season 3 contestant on The Voice, is now part of a girl group called The Janes. And The Janes just released their first original single to iTunes, a tune called “She’s Crazy.” The song’s not about a crazy ex-girlfriend. It’s about a mother who’s very over-protective of her teenage son, to the…
A Season 6 contestant on The Voice released her debut EP last month and has now followed up with her first music video. Ddendyl’s video is for a heart-wrenching ballad called “Lonely Heart,” which just happens to be the title tune from that six-track EP. Ddendyl was 25 when she auditioned for The Voice; you…
Former American Idol judge Nicki Minaj was one of three multiple winners at the BET Awards Sunday night. Nicki won the fan-voted Viewer’s Choice award for her song “Only,” which also features Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown. She was also selected as best female hip-hop artist for the sixth straight year. Other nominees included…
Nice to see NBC giving Craig Wayne Boyd a high-profile opportunity to promote his new winner. The network has announced that the Season 7 champ on The Voice will be the opening performer at the 2015 Miss USA Pageant. And in the process of making the announcement, the network filled in some of the blanks…
upcoming album from Season 7 American Idol winner David Cook now has a name. It will be titled “Digital Vein,” and the basic album will feature 12 tracks. including a pair of singles David already released — “Wait for Me” and “Laying Me Low.” Another track will be David’s version of Chris Isaak’s often-covered “Wicked…
Adam Lambert’s new album, “Original High,” debuted at number three on the Billboard 200. It marks the third straight Top 3 debut on that chart by the singer who was runner-up on American Idol Season 8. His first album — “For Your Entertainment” back in 2009 — also broke in on the Billboard 200 at…
Former American Idol contestant James Durbin is working on a third album. And he’s launched a Pledge Music campaign to help fund the endeavor. James is the contestant who pleaded with fans to give metal a chance on Season 10 of Idol. He wound up finishing fourth behind Haley Reinhart, Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery….
Maroon 5 fans, rejoice. Adam Levine and company will be performing one of just two U.S. summer shows at Hersheypark on Saturday, Aug. 15. And they’ll be bringing along two pretty popular singers as opening acts — Nick Jonas and Matt McAndrew, runner-up on Season 7 of The Voice. The other show is a performance…
Clinton Washington, a Season 8 contestant on The Voice, is in the midst of a Pledge Music campaign to help fund a debut EP. And, remember, Clinton is a former Voice contestant with south-central Pennsylvania ties. Pre-show, he was male lead singer for Traces of Eden, a modern country cross-over band based in Mechanicsburg. On…
Wende Allen wasn’t exactly surprised by Craig Wayne Boyd’s success on The Voice. The Jarrettsville, Md., resident happened to be in Nashville with her husband Wayne last fall, about a week before the Season 7 premiere of the show. They stopped at a honkytonk called the Tin Roof “something-or-other,” she said. Two friends were on…
