His audition: Jonathan Bach, 20, of Ann Arbor, Mich., auditioned with Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.” His performance was montaged with two other singers, so we got to see just a snippet. But he prompted a chair turn from Pharrell Williams, who praised Jonathan’s vocal control. His background: The Voice website tells us that Jonathan…
song from this week’s blind audition episodes of The Voice made the biggest impact on iTunes? That’s easy: Alisan Porter’s show-closing performance of “Blue Bayou” from Monday night’s show. Porter, of “Curly Sue” fame, turned four chairs with her cover of the song; then joined Team Christina. On iTunes, the song was still sitting at…
In case you keep track of such things, three singers turned four chairs on The Voice Season 10 premiere Monday night. Caity Peters joined Team Pharrell. Mary Sarah joined Team Blake. And Alisan Porter opted to become a member of Team Christina. That’s noteworthy because it’s Adam Levine who’s normally the king of the four-chair…
First, a friendly reminder: American Idol is done with Wednesday night shows until finale week. The Top 10 will return to the stage Thursday at 8 p.m. That night, two contestants will be eliminated . I’m still not sure whether there will be a Twitter save opportunity as in Season 14; the judges’ save…
Christina Aguilera is back, trying once again to become the first female coach to lead a singer to victory on The Voice. Don’t worry, Gwen Stefani will be back too. She’ll be Blake Shelton’s “advisor” during the battle rounds. Other battle round advisers will include Sean “Diddy” Combs, Tori Kelly and Patti LaBelle. The special…
Great news, American Idol fans. Kelly Clarkson has recorded a stripped-down version of “Piece by Piece.” The news followed her Thursday night guest judging appearance on the show. She finished the night by singing “Piece by Piece” in an emotional performance that delivered Idol with one of its most memorable moments in years. Since then…
Want some reasons to get excited about Season 10 of The Voice? Well, I’ve spent a lot of time over the past week listening to pre-show music from this year’s Top 48. And, wow, are we in for a treat. We’re going to meet the woman who played “Curly Sue” back in 1991 and is…
Keith Semple describes his new EP as genre-bending. The music isn’t quite country, isn’t quite rock and isn’t quite pop, he said in a recent interview on the Matthew Aaron Show. Instead, Keith refers to it as a “weird” and “original” fusion of the three that he thinks could catch on. “Anytime Anywhere,” a five-track…
years after his run on American Idol, Chris Richardson is working on his debut album. That’s according to an interview with an ABC news affiliate in Virginia Beach, which interviewed Chris last week. In the meantime, the 32-year-old singer from Chesapeake, Va., has a new single and video called “Rear View.” You can check out…
Clarkson returned to American Idol Thursday night. And promptly proved that she’s still capable of delivering magical moments for the show. First, Kelly helped make the early portion of the show watchable with her self-deprecating sense of humor and her candid feedback as Idol’s Season 15 teeny boppers took the stage and struggled mightily to…
