This week brought a new single from Season 2 Voice contestant RaeLynn. And tomorrow night, the 20-year-old country artist is the headliner at the Moon Township Independence Day Celebration outside Pittsburgh. RaeLynn — real name Rachel “RaeLynn” Woodward — was the very first artist we met on Season 2. Then 17, she auditioned with “Hell…
They might not be a couple anymore. But that doesn’t mean they’ve stopped making music together. I’m talking about Paul McDonald from Season 10 of American Idol and actress Nikki Reed of Twilight fame. They’ve just announced that they’ll be releasing a debut album, “I’m Not Falling,” next week (July 8). It’s already available for…
rowdy Miranda Lambert-Carrie Underwood duet “Something Bad” appears on Miranda’s new album. But the concepts for the action-packed video for the song apparently came from Carrie, the good girl who frequently takes on a dark side when it comes to music videos. CMT posted an interview with Trey Fanjoy, director of the “Something Bad” video…
The post-Voice debut album from Tessanne Chin landed today. “Count On My Love” features 10 tracks, including a pair that had previously been released as singles — “Tumbling Down” and “Everything Reminds Me of You.” The reception? As of 11 a.m., the album was sitting at number 10 on iTunes albums chart. It was number…
Jennifer Hudson performed a new song at the BET Awards Sunday night. She began her performance with a snippet of “Walk It Out,” a single she released in April. Then, with dancers on roller skates swirling around her, she delivered that new song: “It’s Your World.” Jennifer, 32, is promising a new album sometime in…
Cody Belew needs fans’ help big time over the next two weeks. One of the most entertaining male performers to grace The Voice stage, Cody is in the middle of an indiegogo campaign to fund three music videos. His goal is $35,000. He’s raised about $3,000 of that so far and has 12 days to…
In the mood for some new dance/party music? Check out the EP released last week by Paula DeAnda, a Season 6 contestant on The Voice. Paula has teamed up with The Jump Smokers, a Chicago-based DJ crew, to serve up a five-track EP called “The Voice and the Beats.” You guessed it — Paula is…
Pope’s been touring so much since winning Season 3 of The Voice, I guess she figured it was time to put out a live video. So this week she released a second video for the single “I Wish I Could Break Your Heart” from her debut album, “Frame by Frame.” “We filmed it at a…
Jacquie Lee turned 17 on Wednesday. And she spent part of her birthday performing for a crowd of adoring fans in Tampa, Fla., as part of The Voice Summer Tour. As she rattles off the names of her tour mates, Jacquie admits, that is something she couldn’t have imagined just a year ago. “They’re all…
American Idol’s Season 13 Top 10 kicked off their summer tour in Binghampton, N.Y., Tuesday night. I haven’t seen any attendance figures yet, but you’ll recall that the tour has moved to smaller venues this year after lagging ticket sales in 2013 led to the cancellation of about a quarter of the planned tour dates….
