Thanks to the instant save, Gwen Stefani still has all three of her team members in The Voice Season 9 finals. And all three received positive feedback on their performances Monday night. Korin Bukowski, saved a week ago, sang “Only Hope” by Mandy Moore. Braiden Sunshine performed the 1980’s hit “True.” And Jeffery Austin closed…
Having lost Mark Hood to elimination on Top 12 weeks, Team Pharrell’s hopes on Season 9 of The Voice are in the hands of Madi Davis and Evan McKeel. Both got high praise from The Voice coaches after their Top 11 performances Monday night. Evan continued his trend of performing classic hits by singing “Smile.”…
Team Adam got three solid performances from its remaining contestants Monday night on The Voice. Season 9 front-runner Jordan Smith excelled again with “Who Your Are,” Amy Vachal turned in one of her best performances yet covering Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space,” and Shelby Brown put a country spin on Lady Gaga’s “You and I.” Photos…
One more contestant heads home this week on The Voice under the show’s new finals format. And the contestants certainly set a high standard for themselves last week when three — Jordan Smith, Amy Vachal and Jeffery Austin — landed in the Top 10 on iTunes, scoring bonus points in the process. Perhaps more…
Carrie Underwood and Nicki Minaj won honors at the American Music Awards Sunday night. The night’s biggest award — artist of the year — went to One Direction for the second year in a row. Carrie Underwood took fan-voted honors as favorite female country artist. Also nominated for the honor were Miranda Lambert and Kelsea…
The American Music Awards weren’t just about awards, of course. The three-hour show was packed with plenty of performances. Among those taking the stage: Carrie Underwood, American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez and The Voice coach Gwen Stefani. Jennifer opened the night with a performance of her song “Waiting for Tonight,” then did a dance number…
Tony Lucca is back with a new album, and this one is definitely unique. “Made to Shine — The Kickstarter Sessions” hit iTunes Friday. The album consists of nine songs inspired or commissioned by donors to a highly successful Kickstarter campaign Tony launched in 2014. That campaign raised more than $54,000 and already helped finance…
Circus is planning to release a debut album in 2016. And as a reminder of what’s in store, the Los Angeles-based band has released a video cover of Duran Duran’s “Do You Believe in Shame?” Wow, doesn’t Allison Iraheta sound fantastic? Allison, the fourth-place finisher on Season 8 of American Idol, is 23 now and…
The Top 11 on The Voice will be hard-pressed to repeat last week’s performance, at least one the music charts. I mean, three songs in the Top 10 on the iTunes’ singles chart. Ten of 12 songs released hitting the Top 10 on a genre chart. That’s quite impressive. And, of course, Jordan Smith…
Jordan Smith wasn’t just The Voice victor on iTunes last week. He’s also the contestant who made the biggest advances on social media. Jordan scored another iTunes hit on The Voice Monday night. And that might be something of an understatement. His version of “How Great is They Faithfulness” hit number one on the iTunes…
