Want to get a sense of the incredible talent The Voice has rounded up for Season 13? Then check out the discography below and the playlist at right. More than half of the 48 singers who will earn a spot on this year’s show has already released music you can stream and download. That includes…
Ever wonder what it’s like be part of the blind audition process on The Voice. Natalie Stovall, whose blind audition should air this week, just provided fans with an inside glimpse. She said the 100 people who landed an audition in front of the celebrity judges for Season 13 spent all of June in Los…
If you’d like to listen to new Christmas music in mid-October, a former American Idol winner has the answer. If you’d like to watch one of Idol’s all-time great vocalists sing Christmas classics live … Fantasia has that covered as well. If you missed it, Fantasia released her first Christmas album Friday. “Christmas After Midnight”…
When Andrew DeMuro auditioned for Season 11 of The Voice, he was part of a three-man band called The Shades that was preparing to release its first EP. One year later, that EP is here. Andrew and band mates Mark Jacobson and Phil Jacobson dropped the six-song “Miles Made of Inches” on Friday. And…
Katharine McPhee is preparing to release her fifth album since American Idol. And it’s going to be quite a change of pace from the very good but largely ignored pop album she released in 2015. Suffice to say “Hysteria,” her first album since 2010, didn’t create much hysteria. This time around she’ll serve up an…
By my thinking, it’s a little early to be thinking about the Christmas holidays. But not to early to purchase tickets for a Christmas tour that features Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant and Jordan Smith, Season 9 winner of The Voice. The trio of Christian artists toured together last winter and they’ll be doing it…
At one point, Clark Beckham appeared the favorite to win Season 14 of American Idol. He wound up finishing second, and just released his first single since the show aired in the spring of 2015. His new song is called “I Need” and landed Friday. “I wrote “I Need” thinking of immaterial things that we…
As if earning a spot on The Voice wasn’t enough, Sophia Bollman got a special surprise when her blind audition segment was filmed. Carson Daly showed her a video of Gene Simmons, wishing her luck and expressing confidence that she’ll “go the distance” on the show. Sophia, 18, of Norco, Calif., talked about that thrill…
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and former The Voice standout Audra McLaughlin is doing her part. Audra has released a fun, catchy, upbeat tune called “Put on Pink.” The song is dedicated to her aunts, Donna Fritz and Joanne Apicella Pellegrino. “That song means the world to me because both of my aunts are…
Karli Webster is used to competing — as a pianist. In fact, she won eight state-level competitions. As a child, she dreamed of becoming a classical pianist and playing Carnegie Hall. Stepping on The Voice stage as singer-songwriter Karli Webster? That was something else entirely. “I do not have extensive performance experience (as a singer)…
