Minutes after Sundance Head won The Voice, Blake Shelton was urging Universal Records to do its best to make the Season 11 champ a post-show success. And Blake seems more than willing to help out. On Wednesday, he announced that Sundance will be an opening act on 12 dates of his upcoming 13-stop “Doing It…
Anthony Fedorov has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new album. And he’s hoping that album delivers a badly needed message following a year of turmoil. He says the songs he hopes to put on the album “have been inspired by some of the current events from this past year. With so much craziness…
The new year is just a few days old and we already have our first really imaginative music video from a former American Idol standout. Actually, it comes courtesy of a former Idol and his young son. James Durbin and his son Hunter made a stop motion video of the song “Scratchers N’ Cheap Beer,”…
Former American Idol standout Pia Toscano ended 2016 by releasing her first EP. Then she began 2017 by marrying longtime beau Jimmy R.O. Smith. Entertainment Tonight reported that the two got married on Saturday at the Angel Orensanz Center in New York. “I married my best friend today. I am on a cloud 9,” Pia…
The new year also brought new music from a former American Idol standout Sam Woolf. He has a new single out called “Fast n Dirty,” and it’s safe to say the upbeat tune is quite different than anything he’s released to date. There’s also a music video, which you can check out below. “Never in…
Josh Halverson has launched a Pledge Music campaign to fund his post-Voice album. The singer-songwriter from Texas is working on an album called “Year of the Thunderbird.” And with eight days left in the Pledge Music campaign, he’s 61 percent of the way toward his fund-raising goals. About that title, you’ll recall that Josh and…
Today, I’ll present my final 2016 in Review blog, looking back at my favorite post-Voice albums and EPs from the past year. Former contestants of The Voice released more than 80 albums and EPs in 2016, and lots of them were impressive. But I’ll spotlight just five of the 80-plus here. They’re five that struck…
Below is a list of albums and EPs released by former contestants from The Voice during 2016. Whenever possible, I’ve included one of my favorite songs from the releases in the Spotify playlists at right. You can find more details reviews, outlining top tracks for each album and EP here. But that blog also includes…
Below is a look at singles released by former contestants on The Voice in 2016. The intent here is to include stand-alone singles — in other words, songs not included on albums or EPs. For those songs, checkout the album and EPs link below. If I’ve missed anyone, please drop a line to Voice Views…
Confession: After 11 seasons, The Voice sometimes becomes tiresome. But I never grow tired of meeting the new artists featured on The Voice. And I’m convinced the real magic happens when those artists leave the show and release new original music. That was certainly the case in 2016, and this week I’m highlighting my favorite…
