To say Koryn Hawthorne burst onto the gospel music scene in 2018 would be an understatement. Her debut single, “Won’t He Do It,” spent a record 40 weeks atop the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs chart. The previous record for a female artist was 25 weeks. Along the way, Koryn picked up her first Dove Award…
Here’s a song with some history. Before auditioning for Season 12 of The Voice and finishing Top 20, Johnny Gates had spent years as lead singer for a band called Runaway Saints. And this is a song that, while never released, the band had been playing since at least 2015. In fact, you can find…
So, are you in need of some music that will get your blood moving and your toes tapping? Just take a listen to Jamie Lono’s four-song EP “Prove It,” especially the celebratory lead track “New Orleans,” which is the song that makes this list. The EP marks the first major release from Jamie in four…
D.R. King and Jackie Foster scored the most successful duet of Season 14 on The Voice with their cover of “Sign of the Times.” So when D.R. prepared to release his first post-Voice single, it only seemed natural to dial up his friend from the show to see if they could strike music magic a…
This year’s Top 20 songs list includes an impressive array of catchy pop tunes, including “Currency” from Domo. It’s an infectious tune about a young woman addicted to money and shopping, to the point where she winds up on a psychiatrist’s couch. In an interview with This is 50, Domo confessed she found the lyrics…
Since auditioning for The Voice at age 17 in 2016, Darby Anne Walker has experienced her first true love and heartbreak. And like any fine artist, she put the story to music. The result: “Okay Baby … Until Tomorrow,” an impressive six-track EP she released in May. “Save a Thought for Me” is the closing…
Christiana Danielle made her debut as a solo artist at age 22 when she auditioned for Season 14 of The Voice. You might say that went pretty well. She wound up finishing in the Top 10. Then, in mid-October, she released her debut single. It’s called “Resignation,” and it features one of my favorite vocals…
Fans who fell in love with Chloe Kohanski during Season 13 of The Voice are still waiting for her first major post-show release. But in the meantime, she served up a kick-butt debut single in 2018, “Come This Far,” and returned to The Voice to perform it during the Season 14 finale. She described “Come…
Could Brynn Cartelli have a hit on her hands? Seven months after being crowned as The Voice’s Season 14 champ, Brynn was back on the show’s stage for the Season 15 finale, singing her new single “Last Night’s Mascara.” It’s a song she wrote. And it’s without doubt one of the catchiest first singles we’ve…
You won’t find a love song more heartfelt than Brian Nhira’s “Til Death Do Us Part.” Then again, it’s a song with a special meaning for Brian. He wrote it for lady love Sonia Larcom and performed it for her just before proposing at a Christmas concert about a year ago. And he performed the…
