Her audition: Darby Anne Walker, 17, of Los Angeles, Calif., auditioned with the Florence and the Machine version of the R&B classic “Stand by Me.” Miley Cyrus turned in chair in a heartbeat. By the time the song ended, Alicia Keys and Blake Shelton had followed, giving Darby a three-chair turn. Miley rushed the stage…
The Alicia Keys-Miley Cyrus era begins tonight on The Voice. And I’m sure the two new female coaches will steal much of the focus on tonight’s sneak peek at Season 11. But apparently we’ll also get to meet at least two of the Season 11 contestants. And that’s far and away my favorite aspect…
Chris Jamison reintroduced himself to fans his way this weekend by releasing a four-track EP, his first original music since finishing third on Season 7 of The Voice nearly two years ago. The emphasis is on his way; that’s why the EP is titled “I am Chris Jamison.” Chris posted a recent podcast, detailing the…
They were introduced to millions of fans on Season 9 of The Voice. Their music was so well received, they topped even eventual winner Jordan Smith on the iTunes charts during the first two rounds of the competition. Yet two months before the release of their first post-Voice music, they changed their stage name. It…
for the Season 11 premiere of The Voice? Well, it’s coming Sunday night in the form of a half-hour sneak peek, though the real season doesn’t get underway until Sept. 19. What can we expect Sunday night, when the Voice specials airs at 10:30 p.m. on NBC, after the Olympics’ closing ceremony? Well, we’ll be…
After being eliminated from Season 15 of American Idol, Sonika Vaid said she’d like to work with Disney one day. Well, she’s not quite there yet, but her first music video debuted Friday on the Radio Disney website. It’s also the first single from the dark-haired beauty who had barely performed prior to Idol but…
one of Christina Grimmie’s “Ballad of Jessica Blue” has already been viewed more than 1.3 million times on YouTube. Today, we get part two, as Jessica (aka Christina) follows her boyfriend and a mysterious woman. The song featured: “Anybody’s You,” the ballad from Christina’s fabulous “Side A” EP released earlier this year. And this video…
In a recent interview, Nick Fradiani said waiting so long to release his post-Idol debut album would have been a huge mistake eight or nine years ago when winners wanted to capitalize on the show’s popularity. Well, waiting a year and a half to release the album didn’t work out so well either. The latest…
little over a year ago, Sarah Potenza launched a Kickstarter campaign to help finance “the record I came to Nashville to write.” She set a goal of $25,000; she raised more than $41,000. Now the new album from the Season 8 standout on The Voice is nearly here. Sarah will release the full-length album “Monster”…
off his recent Dove Award nominations, Danny Gokey has released a new Christian single. The song is called “Rise,” and you might say it’s being well received. Sunday night, two days after its release, it was still in the Top 10 on iTunes’ Christian/gospel singles chart. After a detour that saw him release a country…
