Collin McLoughlin, 24, of Bedford, N.Y., was the singer who upset his parents when he decided to drop out of grad school. He was attending NYU’s music business master’s program with the intent of working for a record label. Then he decided he’d rather be making music than working on the business side of the…
The Voice has featured duos before, but never a mother-daughter country duo. Enter 2Steel Girls, actually half of a family band that also includes the husband/father on drums and son/brother on guitar. But the gals — Allison Steel, 44, and Krystal Steel, 23 — were front and center on The Voice, hoping to finally get…
Michelle Brooks-Thompson offers a bonus to customers at the bank where she works full time. “I tell them, ‘If you open an account, I’ll sing a little tune for you,’” she told The Voice. Of course, she’s on The Voice because she’d prefer to do her singing on a stage, a much bigger stage. The…
Like lots of aspiring musicians, Samuel Mouton has a “regular” job, too. The 19-year-old from Fort Collins, Colorado, cooks pizza and washes dishes at two family restaurants. “As much as I love to cook, I don’t want to do it for the rest of my life,” he tells The Voice. What he’d like to do…
The concept of The Voice fits De’Borah’s back-story perfectly. But her sister might have known it before she did. De’Borah’s parents are pastors and teachers. So, naturally, the 25-year-old from Chicago grew up singing in church. She kept singing in church, wearing skirts and heels, until she turned 18 and “didn’t have to follow the…
Gracia Harrison might always be known as the first singer to yodel on The Voice. But she makes it clear she has higher aspirations before the show ends. For instance, being able to make a career out of music. The 18-year-old from the small town of Virden, Ill., says she was working two jobs pre-Voice,…
Terry McDermott was the very first singer we met on Season 3 of The Voice and traveled a circuitous route to get there. It started in Scotland where he was a member of a six-man rock band called Driveblind.
Hersheypark closes its 2012 summer season this weekend. And folks who turn out and pay admission to enter the park will have a chance to see former American Idol contestant Kellie Pickler perform at the park amphitheater. Kellie is scheduled to perform at 4 and 6:30 p.m., according to the park website. There’s no additional…
On The Voice, you figure every artist with a country bent is going to wind up on Team Blake. Not so, at least in the case of Emily Earle, who sang “Ring of Fire” in her audition and wound up on Team Cee Lo. We saw just a bit of Emily during the fifth blind…
Todd Kessler is “a man without a mane” on The Voice. He’s also a member of Team Cee Lo and a guy we saw just a snippet of on The Voice. Which is a shame because there’s a whole lot of music in his background. The 30-year-old singer-songwriter hails from Chicago, performs with a band…
