The holidays are approaching, but former Voice contestants are still releasing non-holiday music. New this week are a pair of singles from Chance Pena and one apiece from Katrina Cain, Nelly’s Echo, and Nathalie Hernandez. Here’s a look at those new releases. The links take you to the songs on Apple Music. Or you…
Former Voice Top 10 finisher Ashland Craft has released a pair of new country singles. And this week’s new post-Voice music also includes new covers from girl group Citizen Queen and from Mendeleyev, his first release since appearing on Season 17. * Ashland Craft from Season 13 hails from South Carolina, but is making…
The Voice has announced plans for Tuesday’s season finale. And producers found room in their “star-studded” lineup for just one alumni. Season 16 champ Maelyn Jarmon will be on hand to perform “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” a cover she’s also released to streaming sites. As for Monday’s performance finale, The Voice has now…
Looking to social media for a hint as to who will be crowned The Voice’s Season 17 champ? Well, the trends haven’t changed much. Katie Kadan remains the show’s leader in support on Instagram and Twitter. Ditto for Jake Hoot on Facebook. And Rose Short continues to lag behind the other finalists on all three…
Unless The Voice throws an unexpected curve at us, each of the Season 17 finalists will perform three times Monday night. That will include two solo performances, both of which will be on Apple Music and count as votes when fans stream them. One will be a duet by each contestant and his or…
He spent most of his childhood in the Dominican Republic. He turned just one chair during the Season 17 blind auditions. Yep, folks, that’s part of the background of country singer Jake Hoot, who’s now on the cusp of becoming The Voice’s Season 17 champ. If he completes that mission, he’ll become the first one-chair…
Katie Kadan was the very first contestant viewers met on Season 17 of The Voice. And two minutes after viewers met her, she became a Season 17 favorite with a superb cover of “Baby I Love You” that turned the chairs of all four coaches. But Katie also entered the show with more experience —…
Ricky Duran dedicated his blind audition performance of “River” to his late parents. His dad committed suicide; he lost his mother to breast cancer. One of Ricky’s first singles — “Tattoo Tears” (2017) — was written about a friend who committed suicide. Ricky was supposed to be the best man at his wedding. But Ricky…
We’ve heard a lot on The Voice about Rose Short being a former corrections officer at a male maximum security prison. But she left that job of eight years back in 2016 to focus on music. And prior to auditioning for The Voice, she was performing full time in the central Texas area. It showed…
Okay, lesson time. Here’s why it would be so helpful to showcase the new music from past Voice contestants on the show. An hour before tonight’s episode aired, I checked the iTunes charts. I couldn’t find Kaleb Lee’s “I Dream Southern” on the Top 200 overall singles chart or the Top 200 country singles…
