Christiana Danielle made her debut as a solo artist at age 22 when she auditioned for Season 14 of The Voice. You might say that went pretty well. She wound up finishing in the Top 10. Then, in mid-October, she released her debut single. It’s called “Resignation,” and it features one of my favorite vocals…
Fans who fell in love with Chloe Kohanski during Season 13 of The Voice are still waiting for her first major post-show release. But in the meantime, she served up a kick-butt debut single in 2018, “Come This Far,” and returned to The Voice to perform it during the Season 14 finale. She described “Come…
Could Brynn Cartelli have a hit on her hands? Seven months after being crowned as The Voice’s Season 14 champ, Brynn was back on the show’s stage for the Season 15 finale, singing her new single “Last Night’s Mascara.” It’s a song she wrote. And it’s without doubt one of the catchiest first singles we’ve…
You won’t find a love song more heartfelt than Brian Nhira’s “Til Death Do Us Part.” Then again, it’s a song with a special meaning for Brian. He wrote it for lady love Sonia Larcom and performed it for her just before proposing at a Christmas concert about a year ago. And he performed the…
Austin Jenckes will be releasing his first album in six years in March. And the Top 10 finisher from The Voice Season 5 recently released a new single from that project, “In My Head.” It’s a song about a man missing a lost love and imagining her return. Austin, who’s been writing songs in Nashville…
Amy Vachal, a Top 8 finisher on Season 9 of The Voice, released her debut album, “Strawberry Moon,” in late January. And the lead single was a song called “Wait,” about a love that withers on the vine. A song that proved the perfect showcase for Amy’s ethereal vocals. On Instagram, Amy explains that the…
Six years after her impressive run on Season 3 of The Voice, Amanda Brown released her debut album in 2018. And the woman who dazzled us with her Voice version of “Dream On” didn’t disappoint, delivering one of the year’s best rockers with the song “Take Your Pill.” Ah, but the song wasn’t exactly a…
Adanna Duru is tired of being objectified. And it’s a message she delivers loud and clear in her 2018 single “Doll.” “Doll” was the lead single from Duru’s “Manic Pixie Dreamgirl” album, released in July. And what is a Manic Pixie Dreamgirl, you might ask. Adanna describes her as the “quirky dream girl” who exists…
After her stint on Season 8 of The Voice, Ashley Morgan returned to the acoustic folk-pop group she and friends had formed the summer before. And in March, that group, called Faultlines, released a single called “Rain” and an accompanying music video that’s both one of the year’s most powerful and politically-charged. The group also…
