New post-Voice music out includes singles from The Joy Reunion, Jon Mullins and Joey Green. Here’s a bit about each of those releases. The links take you to the songs on Apple Music. * The Joy Reunion from Season 21 just wrapped up three dates opening for Blake Shelton on his Spring Blake Tour 2022…
American Idol has again leaked auditions for two Hollywood-bound contestants, Zaréh and Fritz Hager. Zaréh has the most interesting backstory. She’s the daughter of Nadia Turner, a Top 10 contestant on Idol Season 4. In fact, Zaréh surprised her mother, telling her they were headed for a spa day. Instead, they arrived at the…
New post-Voice music out this week includes EPs from Jessica Childress, Jaclyn Lovey and Cody Belew. Here’s a bit about each of those releases. The links take you to the EPs on Apple Music. * Jessica Childress from Season 4 released a four-track EP called “Questions” on Friday. She says it’s a project born from…
New post-Voice music out includes singles from Meghan Linsey, Kelsie Watts and Allé. Here’s a bit more about each of those releases. The links take you to the songs on Apple Music. * Meghan Linsey, the Sesson 8 runner-up, has a new single and music video out for a song called “If You Need Me,…
New post-Voice music out includes singles from Rebecca Brunner, Gary Carpentier and Kristen Marie. Here’s a bit about each of those releases. The links take you to the songs on Apple Music. * Rebecca Brunner from Season 13 is back with a ridiculously addictive single called “Round Hole.” As in, “I’m okay being a square…
American Idol introduced us to nine more Hollywood-bound singers Sunday night. Here are my picks for the top five auditions. 1. Tristen Gressett, 17, Pell City, Ala.: Hands down my favorite of the night. He played the guitar and harmonica simultaneously, then put his own spin on Billy Joel’s “Piano Man.” Was the performance a…
New post-Voice releases include songs from Liam St. John, Dexter Roberts and Sara Collins. Here’s a bit about each of those releases. The links take you to the songs on Apple Music. * Liam St. John, from Season 19, has released “Not a Good Man Walking,” a song he wrote four years ago after friends…
As has become its habit, American Idol has already introduced us to two artists who will earn golden tickets on Sunday’s show. This week, those contestants are Cadence Baker and Dontrell Briggs. Cadence is 18 and from Muscleshoals, Ala., and you might say music is as synonymous with her family as it is with…
Allegra Miles was back on television Sunday night, just two years after finishing in the Top 9 on The Voice. She was lured back to a televised singing competition by a simple fact. On American Idol, she could sing originals, something she never got a chance to do on The Voice. In fact, Allegra…
A new Christina Grimmie song dropped Friday, one day before what would have been the late singer’s 28th birthday. The song is called “Rule the World,” one Christina and her brother Marcus wrote back in 2009 when Christina was just 15 and still building what became a massive following on YouTube. Christina finished third on…
