Christina Aguilera is back, trying once again to become the first female coach to lead a singer to victory on The Voice. Don’t worry, Gwen Stefani will be back too. She’ll be Blake Shelton’s “advisor” during the battle rounds. Other battle round advisers will include Sean “Diddy” Combs, Tori Kelly and Patti LaBelle. The special…
Great news, American Idol fans. Kelly Clarkson has recorded a stripped-down version of “Piece by Piece.” The news followed her Thursday night guest judging appearance on the show. She finished the night by singing “Piece by Piece” in an emotional performance that delivered Idol with one of its most memorable moments in years. Since then…
Want some reasons to get excited about Season 10 of The Voice? Well, I’ve spent a lot of time over the past week listening to pre-show music from this year’s Top 48. And, wow, are we in for a treat. We’re going to meet the woman who played “Curly Sue” back in 1991 and is…
Keith Semple describes his new EP as genre-bending. The music isn’t quite country, isn’t quite rock and isn’t quite pop, he said in a recent interview on the Matthew Aaron Show. Instead, Keith refers to it as a “weird” and “original” fusion of the three that he thinks could catch on. “Anytime Anywhere,” a five-track…
years after his run on American Idol, Chris Richardson is working on his debut album. That’s according to an interview with an ABC news affiliate in Virginia Beach, which interviewed Chris last week. In the meantime, the 32-year-old singer from Chesapeake, Va., has a new single and video called “Rear View.” You can check out…
Clarkson returned to American Idol Thursday night. And promptly proved that she’s still capable of delivering magical moments for the show. First, Kelly helped make the early portion of the show watchable with her self-deprecating sense of humor and her candid feedback as Idol’s Season 15 teeny boppers took the stage and struggled mightily to…
The Top 10 take the stage tonight at the finals begin for American Idol Season 15. And as the countdown begins toward the crowning of the final Idol, the original Idol will return to lend a hand. Kelly Clarkson won’t only perform on tonight’s show; she’ll also serve as a guest judge. Here’s betting she…
County music fans should take note of this. Cody Wickline from Season 8 of The Voice just released his debut album. And a couple of listens will have you wondering why Cody didn’t make it to the show’s voting rounds. The album is that good. “Son of a Working Man” hit iTunes on Tuesday. It…
As strange as it sounds, the American Idol Season 15 finals begin tonight, even though we don’t yet know who has made the finals. Oh, we know four of the competitors. Dalton Rapattoni, Trent Harmon, Oliva Rox and La’Porsha Renae got fast passes to the finals at the beginning of Wednesday’s wild card show. But…
Okay, I gagged a bit when Ryan Seacrest said the American Idol judges had done a pretty good job of whittling the field to a Top 14. After all, we were looking at a Top 14 minus Shelbie Z. Minus Stephany Negrete. Minus C.J. Johnson. Minus several singers who performed better than some of the…
