Former American Idol finalist Zealyn has launched a May-June tour that will include stops in Philly and the D.C. area. Zaelyn is the stage name for Angie Miller, the third-place finisher on Season 12 of American Idol. She just released her second EP under that name, a five-song collection called “A Weekend in Maine.” The…
Sophia Urista from Season 11 of The Voice recently released a new single called “Queen of the Road.” It’s quite appropriate given all Sophia’s up to these days. She fronts a nine-piece rock cover band called Brass Against that released an album last year and a single in April. In fact, Sophia’s covers with Brass…
My favorite song from Sarah Potenza’s new album now has a matching music video. The song is “Keep on Holdin’ On” and it’s about the joys and struggles faced by musicians, especially female musicians. Sarah, a Top 20 finisher on Season 8 of The Voice, gets a vocal assist from Elizabeth Cook, Lenesha Randolph, Alanna…
There won’t be an American Idol summer tour this year. But runner-up Alejandro Aranda is heading out for a series of summer shows, beginning with a July 8 show in Washington, D.C. In fact, tickets for that show at the DC9 Nightclub go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. Tickets range from $15-$18. Other announced…
Rod Stokes landed the final spot on Team Blake Shelton during The Voice Season 16 blind auditions. He was the last singer standing for Team Kelly Clarkson in the live finals. But he hopes to be one of the first Season 16 contestants to get music in the hands of the new fans he…
Looks like we’ll be getting a debut EP from young singer-songwriter Ruby Mac this summer. Ruby Mac is the stage name for Ruby McAloon, part of the daughter-father team who auditioned for Season 16 of The Voice. Patrick made the show. Ruby, 16, from Barrington, R.I., failed to turn a chair. But she’s since launched…
The stars came out for The Voice Season 16 grand finale Tuesday night. Viewers stayed away. The Voice logged its worst ever finale ratings for a Tuesday show that featured guest appearances from Taylor Swift, The Jonas Brothers, Halsey, One Republic and BTS. And those worst-ever ratings weren’t by a small margin either. The…
Another season of American Idol and The Voice are in the books. So it’s time to grade the season finales, held Sunday night and Tuesday night, respectively. Here goes: American Idol: B+ Pros: * In spite of combining its performance finale and grand finale into one three-hour show, Idol found time for its Top…
Maelyn Jarmon said she auditioned for The Voice hoping to get to perform on television, hoping to make it through the first round. That, she thought, would be a nice little jump start for her musical aspirations. “Then that happened,” Maelyn told Chanel 13 in L.A. “I thought, ‘That worked out well.” “That” was…
I used to be a huge fan of The Voice. And I know precisely how and why that happened. Trust me, it had nothing to do with spinning red chairs or a facsimile boxing ring that struck me as incredibly hokey the moment I saw it. And it had very little to do with the…
