This week, the music doesn’t end Tuesday night on NBC. On Wednesday, the network will host “Hairspray Live!” with former Idol standout Jennifer Hudson among the show’s stars. Jennifer is playing the role of Motormouth Maybelle, owner of a Baltimore record store in the 1960s and the host of “Negro Day” on The Corny Collins…
Underwood and Kelly Clarkson have 10 Grammy awards between them. And they’ll each for up for another at the 2017 Grammy Awards. Nominees were announced on Tuesday. Joining Carrie and Kelly on the list are Jennifer Hudson, Season 3 Voice winner Cassadee Pope and former Idol judge Keith Urban. Carrie owns seven of 13 Grammys…
Four singers from The Voice cracked the Top 10 on the iTunes singles chart by the time voting ended Tuesday. Billy Gilman hit number one with “I Surrender,” marking the first time he’s topped that chart. Sundance Head, number one last week, slipped to number two, but still looks like a sure bet to make…
The Top 8 take the stage tonight, competing for spots in The Voice Season 11 finals. And as a bonus tonight, we’ll get duets as well as a solo performance from each singer. As usual, I’ll be grading each performance. Christian Cuevas (Team Alicia), “To Worship You I Live” by Israel and New Breed: A…
Lee DeWyze, Season 9 winner of American Idol, has released a new single.[/caption]American Idol Season 9 winner Lee DeWyze released a new single on Friday. It’s a haunting piano-driven tune called “Weight.” “It’s definitely one of those songs that was fueled by a lot of things that have gone on in my life, and I…
Siobhan Magnus from Season 9 of American Idol has released the first two songs of her tribute to Dusty Springfield. Actually, only one song is available on iTunes — “Breakfast in Bead” — released last month. But a signed CD single available from Siobhan’s website features that song and “Just a Little Lovin’” for $5….
Voice viewers select the Season 11 finalists this week. And we can thank Blake Shelton and Sundance Head for putting a little more suspense in the Season 11 proceedings than it looked like they might have when Billy Gilman and Wé McDonald were proclaimed the early front-runners. But it’s a pretty sure bet that…
Social media numbers for the Top 8 on The Voice indicate what the show’s fans probably already know. Billy Gilman of Team Adam Levine and Wé McDonald of Team Alicia Keys have an excellent shot at making next week’s Season 11 finale. Billy is the social media leader on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. On Twitter…
RaeLynn fans expecting to buy her new album this weekend will have to be a little more patient. The release date for “WildHorse,” the debut album from the 22-year-old, has been pushed back to June 30, 2017. When the album became available for pre-order on iTunes, it had a release date of Dec. 2. RaeLynn…
Courtney Harrell arrived at The Voice with a different background than most of the contestants. Working mostly as a background singer and composer, she hadn’t been the main attraction on stage for more than 15 years before the show’s blind audition round. So that makes the question of what comes next a little more intriguing…
