Carrie Underwood delivers a message of love and unity over hate and divisiveness in the new song she released Friday. The song is called “Love Wins” and is the second released from her upcoming “Cry Pretty” album, due for release Sept. 14. Carrie wrote the song with Brett James and David Garcia and said she…
Jordan Smith has released the music video for “Only Love,” the first single from his album by the same name. As I noted last week, Jordan’s first album after winning Season 9 of The Voice was one of the most successful in the show’s history, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200. “Only Love”…
Lauren Duski’s video for her debut single “Costume Party” opens with a couple of adorable young girls explaining what they think it means to be beautiful. In fact, Lauren’s fans are featured throughout the video, singing snippets of the song, which delivers a message about accepting oneself, flaws and all. But in a release day…
Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and Lauren Alaina will be up for honors at the 2018 County Music Association Awards. The ceremony is set for Wednesday, Nov. 14, in Nashville and will be televised on ABC, beginning at 8 p.m. Carrie and Brad Paisley will serve as hosts for the 11th straight year. Keith is nominated…
Nakia, a Season 1 standout on The Voice, has released an album he says was seven years in the making. Prior to auditioning for Season 1 of The Voice in the spring of 2011, Nakia was part of a band called the Blues Grifters. The band developed a following in the Austin area. And Nakia…
Since finishing in the Top 12 on Season 1 of The Voice back in 2011, Curtis Grimes has released plenty of original country music. In fact. an EP and three albums worth. Now he’s back with a new album that has a different focus and a special mission. Curtis released “Faith Based Country Vol. 1″…
Season 12 Voice contestant Davina Leone dropped her first original music since the show on Wednesday. It came in the form of a four-song EP called “647.” About that title — well, Davina explains on Instagram. “I wrote, produced and mixed every song from my couch with a laptop, keyboard, and mic in my lil…
Former The Voice standout Madilyn Paige released a number of excellent covers to iTunes over the past three years. Now she’s back with music of her own, a seven-song album called “Anymore” that landed Friday. It’s the first major project from Madilyn since her self-titled debut album landed in early 2015. That album came on…
Two years after winning The Voice, Sundance Head has yet to release a follow-up album. That’s about to change. Sundance announced Tuesday that he’ll be releasing an album called “Stained Glass and Neon” on Dean Dillon’s Wildcatter Records. In fact, a lead single from that project, “Leave Her Wild,” is set for a Sept. 15…
Jordan Smith’s debut album was one of the most successful in the 14-season history of The Voice. Released in early 2016, “Something Beautiful” landed at number two on the Billboard 200 and sold 54,000 copies in its first week. So what about his sophomore album, released earlier this month? “Only Love” failed to crack the…
