Once upon a time, music shows aired once per year. And the winners actually had a chance to release new music and re-introduce themselves to the public before their successor was named. Apparently, those days are gone. Hours before The Four named its first winner Thursday, FOX announced that its bizarre show has been renewed…
What do you do if you’re a boy band looking for a breakout hit single? Well, recording a song written by hit-maker Ed Sheeran isn’t a bad plan. And that’s just what Why Don’t We — the pop group featuring former American Idol contestant Daniel Seavey — has done. “Trust Fund Baby,” released by…
Amy Vachal, a former standout on The Voice, released her debut album last week. It’s also her first major release since the show, not to mention a wonderful reminder of why she wound up finishing in the Top 9 in Season 9. The 11-track album includes 10 originals, plus a cover of “Below My Feet”…
It’s been nearly eight years since former The Voice contestant Ryan Innes released a major project. That drought is about to end. In fact, it’s already ended in a sense. Ryan dropped a soulful single called “I Need a Lover” about a week ago. It’s the first track from an upcoming album called The InBetween….
Allison Iraheta and Halo Circus is back with a boldly different new single called “Narcissist.” Of course, Halo Circus itself looks a bit different than when Allison announced the formation of the band back in early 2013. When “Bunny,” the group’s debut album, landed in 2016, Halo Circus was a four-piece band. Now Halo Circus…
The Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl. Carrie Underwood won the Super Bowl matchup on the music charts. Carrie’s new song “Champion,” featuring Ludacris, opened NBC’s Super Bowl coverage. The song quickly zoomed to number one on the iTunes singles chart. And 24 hours afterwards, it was still entrenched at number one on that…
There might have been some collateral damage from Phillip Phillips’ long musical silence. The Season 11 winner of American Idol released his third album, “Collateral,” on Jan. 19. On the Billboard charts dated Saturday, “Collateral” debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart at number 141. Ten new albums landed above it on that chart. Eight…
A pop tune from RaeLynn? As improbable as it seems, that’s what landed Friday when RaeLynn dropped a song called “Festival.” And RaeLynn’s voice might be as country as it gets, but the new song is quite catchy. RaeLynn wrote it with Josh Kerr, co-writer of two tunes on Danielle Bradbery’s new album. And the…
With NBC hosting the Super Bowl, it’s only natural the network use the broadcast to market some of its own shows. And so we have an already released Super Bowl commercial for The Voice. It features coaches Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Alicia Keys and Kelly Clarkson hanging out in a country setting, surrounded by puppies,…
Judging from fan reaction, Scotty McCreery struck a chord when he dropped a new song from his “Seasons Change” album on Friday. The song is called “In Between,” written by Scotty with assists from Frank Rogers, Jessi Alexander and Jonathan Singleton. In the lyrics, Scotty’s trying to explain himself to a new acquaintance. He starts…
