The twosome that is Granville Automatic have released a new video for their Civil War project. To catch folks up, Granville Automatic includes Vanessa Olivarez from Season 2 of Idol and guitarist Elizabeth Elkins.
We’re just a week away from the new season of American Idol. And the show just announced that past contestants will be taking to Facebook and Twitter to answer fan questions this week.
James Wolpert fans are in luck. The Season 5 favorite from the Voice will be performing live at the American Music Theatre in Lancaster on Saturday, Feb. 15.
Under the category of striking while the iron is hot, Holly Henry has released a debut EP. The five-track offering is called “The Immigrant” and includes five orginals from Holly.
A look back at 2013 wouldn’t be complete without a look at the best and worst from the singing shows in the past year. So here they are, my picks for the top five and worst five developments involving those shows, their personnel or their former cast members.
Here are my picks for the best 10 songs of 2013 from former American Idol contestants. And, wow, that was tough. Tough because former contestants delivered lots of great music in 2013.
This past year wasn’t quite as busy as 2012 in terms of album releases by former American Idol contestants. But we still got albums from four past winners — Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia, Scotty McCreery and Lee DeWyze — and lots of good music.
By my count, former Idol contestants released at least 30 videos in 2013. Here are my picks for the top five, followed by all the others I could find.
Billboard has released its year-end music charts for 2013, and they’re sprinkled with former American Idol contestants. Phillip Phillips leads the way, based on the performance of his debut album and his first two singles from that album.
At least one former American Idol contestant has won a Grammy on music’s biggest night in seven of the last eight years. And Idol will have a chance to continue that winning streak in 2014.
