* He’s Atlanta based, age 23. attended Yale and has used Zay the Artist as his stage name. * In a recent podcast, Xavier says his parents weren’t musicians, but he grew up in a musical family nonetheless with a grandmother and several cousins who sang. He was raised on gospel music and performed in…
Celeste Butler is among the singers we’re likely to meet Sunday night when auditions resume on American Idol Season 19. Here’s more about Celeste … * Now based in southern California, the 24-year-old grew up in a religious military family. * The latter meant she moved a lot; the former meant she had a church…
Samantha Sharpe is among the singers we’re likely to meet on Sunday’s next audition episode of American Idol Season 19. Here’s more about Samantha: * She won’t be showing up alone on Idol. After all, she’s a member of the Sharpe Family Singers, who have gained acclaim with 5.5 million followers on TikTok. * The…
New post-Voice music out includes singles from Shawn Sounds, Madeline Consoer, Citizen Queen and Britton Buchanan. In the case of Shawn and Madeline, the releases mark their first originals since appearing on The Voice. Here’s a bit about each of those releases. The links take you to Apple Music. Or you can check out…
Carolina Rial is among the singers announcing they auditioned for Season 20 of The Voice. Here’s more about Carolina: * She’s a 17-year-old artist from New Jersey who has nevertheless already released music. * She hails from a non-musical family, but has been singing since age 10 and her parents enrolled her in piano lessons…
Victor Solomon is among the singers to announce they auditioned for Season 20 of The Voice. Here’s more about Victor. * He’s a graduate of Peoria High School and began attending North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in 2017. * Last fall, he was named the 14 Mister North Carolina A&T and took part…
Savanna Woods is among the artists to announce that they auditioned for Season 20 of The Voice. Here’s more about Savanna. * She’s a singer-songwriter in her mid-20s from Stanwood, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest. * Savanna hails from a musical family. In fact, she recently posted a music video to Facebook of her dad…
Jordan Matthew Young is among the artists to announce they auditioned for Season 20 of The Voice. Here’s more about Jordan: * He’s a southern rock and blues performer now based in Austin, Texas. * That said, the Roosevelt, Utah, native has moved around a bit, spending his 20s learning and playing the blues in…
Ethan Lively is one of the singers to announce he auditioned for The Voice Season 20. Here’s a bit more about Ethan. * He’s a 17-year-old from a small town and a country music artist. * On his Instagram bio, he says singing “is my life as well as God and country.” * As for…
Zania Alake is among the singers to announce they auditioned for Season 20 of The Voice. Here’s more about Zania. * She released her debut single, “Tempted,” in September. It’s a song about being with one person, but thinking about another, Zania explains in an Instagram post. “A lot of times we put our all…
