Two years after winning The Voice, Sundance Head has announced a release date for his post-show album. “Stained Glass and Neon” will be out Jan. 25, and pre-orders started this week. The album will feature 13 songs and anyone pre-ordering on iTunes will get one of those, “Close Enough to Walk,” as an immediate download….
Season 9 Voice standout Madi Davis released her first original in more than a year earlier this week. It’s called “Ann’s Song” and proceeds from it will go to two charities, the World Wildlife Organization and The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Madi’s birthplace. “This song has tremendous emotional value to me because I wrote it…
Taylor John Wiliams released his first new music in more than a year Friday. It came in the form of a single called “Stranger,” and he took to Instagram to explain the genesis for the song. “My grandfather and I spent an evening last year watching Blade Runner 2049. There’s a scene about halfway through…
Nearly 20 years after he started playing music professionally, Adam Wakefield released his debut solo album in 2018. Here’s how he sums up “Gods & Ghosts:” “I picked 12 of my best songs, called up three of my favorite musicians, and recorded the album I have been waiting my whole life for. “This is the…
Jordy Searcy found the singer-songwriter sweet spot when he released “Dark in the City” back in February. The seven-track album includes six songs the Season 7 contestant wrote, plus a spoken word piece, “Colorblind Christianity” by Dajanae Cole. And while the songs are a treat to the ears, they’re even more powerful because Jordy doesn’t…
Jordan Smith proved he could slay cover songs en route to victory on Season 9 of The Voice. So when Republic Records rush released his debut album just three months later with covers like “Amazing Grace,” “Over the Rainbow” and “You Are So Beautiful,” it seemed like more of the same, though the album became…
We met the 2Steel Girls on Season 3 of The Voice back in 2012. Six years later, Allison and Krystal Steel are still the only mother-daughter duo ever to make The Voice. And they’re still making music together. In fact, they released their most impressive project yet in 2018, “The Real Thing,” an 11-song album…
If you’re looking for a classic country album, you can’t do much better than the one Red Marlow released just four months after finishing fourth on Season 13 of The Voice. It’s called “Country as Cornbread,” and it’s a fitting title. Red serves up what you’d expect on a country album, including a song about…
Wé McDonald, the third-place finisher on Season 11 of The Voice, released her debut single in May. It’s an anthem of self-acceptance and perseverance called “Head Up High.” And it’s a song Wé wrote with fellow contestant Kylie Rothfield during their time on the show. “We were fed up with all these expectations and societal…
Riley Biederer teamed up with EDM DJ and producer Frank Walker for the incredibly catchy “Heartbreak Back,” released in August. She also co-wrote the tune and, in an interview with ION Magazine, said the song actually came together “really, really fast.” “I’ve written hundreds of songs over the years and I think, stylistically, they’ve all…
