His audition: Preston C. Howell, 14, of Miami, Fla., performed “Dream a Little Dream of Me” by The Mamas and the Papas. His pitch perfect vocal prompted quick chair turns from Blake Shelton and Kelly Clarkson. Gwen Stefani soon followed. Preston took the vocal to another level and earned a chair turn from John Legend…
Her audition: Injoy Fountain, 29, of Wichita, Kansas auditioned with “7 Rings” by Ariana Grande. The arrangement threw the coaches off a bit. But Injoy was a bundle of energy on stage, showing off a big voice, an ability to rap and tons of personality. And that was enough to prompt chair turns from Kelly…
Former Voice standout Holly Tucker was named Texas CMA Female Vocalist of the Year in 2017 and 2018. She’s up for the same honor — plus Entertainer of the Year — at the Texas CMA Awards later this month. And the 26-year-old just released her first album in three years, “You’re Gonna Know My Name.”…
Johnny Gates is back in Nashville and has a new country-tinged EP to prove it. In fact, the four-song EP he released Friday is his first. It features a single called “Dive Bar.” And, nope, that’s not a cover of a Garth Brooks/Blake Shelton duet. But, yep, it’s certainly worth a listen as Johnny lends…
Former Voice finalist Josh Gallagher is back with a catchy country single that’s meant as a tribute to fans, the military and blue-collar workers. The song is called “Boots Like Mine” and it’s the followup single to Josh’s self-titled debut EP, released earlier this year. Josh was 25 when he landed a spot on Season…
Guess who just released her debut single? The answer: Katherine Ho from The Voice Season 10. Now, you’ll be forgiven if you don’t remember Katherine from the show. Forgiven because she made it all the way to the knockout round, yet the show opted to montage all three of her performances. Well, Katherine’s being heard…
Chevel Shepherd posted a photo of herself on a horse over the holiday weekend, complete with this brief description: “on the set for wildfire.” Turns out the Season 15 Voice champ is branching out beyond music. “Wildfire” is a family film set for release next year, and Chevel is one of the stars in the…
Alisan Porter’s first album since winning Season 10 of The Voice now has a release date. “Pink Cloud,” a nine-song “country” project is due out Sept. 13 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes. The word “country” appears in quotes because, if you’re familiar with Alisan, you know her brand of country is likely…
We’re now just days away from the most ambitious project ever undertaken by a Voice alumni. Of course, I’m talking about the album and film “K-12” from Melanie Martinez, which comes out Friday. The “Cry Baby” character is back from her record-setting debut album, which spent two full years on the Billboard 200. Except now…
Here’s a look at the albums and EPs released so far this year by former contestants of The Voice. With 16 seasons in the books– and 48 artists per season, many of whom have changed stage names since the show — it’s quite possible I’ve missed someone. If so, let me know by commenting below…
