Gwen Sebastian is promising “haunting melody and lyrics” on her upcoming album. She delivers both on the second song released from that album. “Quicksand” hit music sites Friday. And like all the tracks on the upcoming album, it’s a Gwen co-write. In this case, her collaborators were Chris Harris and Terri Jo Box. In a…
I’m sure David Archuleta fans already have Friday circled on their calendars. That’s the day David releases “Postcards in the Sky,” a whopping 16-track collection that marks his first full-length album since 2013. Now there are two new reasons to look forward to the release. First, David has released his duet with former Voice contestant…
Here’s a quick quizz: What’s missing from Season 13 of The Voice? Hint number one: Quizz Swanigan. Hint number two: Aaliyah Rose. Still don’t have the answer? Here’s another hint: It has everything to do with the number 13. The answer: There isn’t a single 13-year-old among the Season 13 cast. Nor 14-year-old, for that…
Which coach has the strongest team entering the battle rounds on The Voice? Well, if you go purely by chair turns, the answer is Adam Levine. That’s because the former king of the four-chair turn on The Voice became the king of the three-chair turns in Season 13. Once upon a time on The Voice,…
The battle round begins Monday night on The Voice. Which means we’re in store for steals and mentors for the first time in Season 13. Forty-eight contestants landed spots on Season 13; 16 will be gone by the end of the battle round. It would be more than that except for the fact that…
Michael Kight had more than a little insight into The Voice before his Season 13 blind audition. Now a musician in Nashville, he was still living in Georgia when he met Amber Carrington, a Top 5 contestant on Season 4 and starting playing guitar alongside her. She introduced him to Caroline Glaser, a Top 16…
Miley Cyrus made history on The Voice by compiling the first all-female team during the Season 13 blind auditions. But give a huge assist to Megan Rose. After all, it was the 20-year-old from San Francisco who decided to join Team Miley, completing her coach’s march into what Miley likes to call hers-tory instead of…
Add Gary Carpentier to the list of contestants who have tried The Voice once, failed to make the show, then tried to make the show a second time with much better results. But to say he and the show cut it close in Season 13 would be an understatement. Gary, 26, of Oswego, N.Y., nabbed…
Which of the 48 contestants on The Voice charted highest on iTunes during the blind auditions? Here’s a hint: It wasn’t one of the singers who turned four chairs. The honor actually went to country singe Ashland Craft, of Piedmont, S.C., a member of the all-female Team Miley Cyrus. Back on the second night of…
Even with five Voice victories in his hip pocket, Blake Shelton could have saved his breath when trying to convince Ilianna Viramontes to join his Season 13 squad. After all, the 18-year-old from Albuquerque, N.M., was even Hannah Montana for Halloween in fourth grade. “I went into the blind audition kind of already leaning towards…
