Jason Castro from American Idol Season 7 is about to release a new single and should have an album out in September, according to his website. The single is called “Only a Mountain;” the album of the same name will be a contemporary Christian CD in keeping with his late-2010 release “Who I Am.” Jason…
Want to see Colton Dixon perform his original song “Never Gone” live? Want to see “Home,” the Phillip Phillips’ tune that is burning up iTunes, performed in person? Your chance is coming up. After months of gigs everywhere from San Diego to Orlando, the American Idol Season 11 summer tour is coming this way. The…
One of Idol’s all-time good guys is off on a two-year mission trip. But David Archuleta recorded an album of cover songs before departing, and that album — titled BEGIN. — comes out next week, Tuesday to be precise. You can pre-order it now, and the first single — “Broken” — is already available. I’ve…
Well, it’s time to listen to that new single from Mariah Carey. The song is “Triumphant.” And given the theme, I’ll be shock if we don’t hear that chorus a time or two during Season 12 of American Idol. The new Idol judge unveiled the song — featuring Rick Ross and Meek Mill — Thursday….
From an American Idol standpoint, this week’s Billboard music charts are more notable for who’s not there than who is. For instance: * Scotty McCreery’s debut album dropped out of the Billboard 200 and out of the top 30 on the country album chart for the first time since its release last October. * Adam…
Last night I posted the fun video for Bucky Covington’s new single “Drinking Side of Country,” featuring Shooter Jennings and Kellie Pickler. (2 million views and counting) Today comes the news that iTunes has started taking pre-orders for Bucky’s second album, “Good Guys,” set for a Sept. 11 release. You can check out 90-second clips…
Phillip Phillips’ hit song “Home” now has a video. With a simple tweet, Phillip sent out a link to the video this evening. “It was a great experience making the video …,” he wrote. “and I’m pumped and excited to share it with you now.” I wonder if his appreciation for the tune is growing….
Carrie Underwood has released the official video for her new single, “Blown Away.” I’ll say this, it does a much better job of capturing the song than all those wind machines Carrie took along with her when she performed “Blown Away” on Idol and a music awards show earlier this year. It’s one of the…
Well, it looks like Phillip Phillips and American Idol scored a victory at the 2012 Olympics. Ironically, with a big assist from NBC, home to Idol’s rival, “The Voice.” NBC used “Home,” the song Phillip sang during the Idol finale and his first single, as the theme for the gold-medal winning U.S. gymnastics team. Presto….
Michael Lynche announced today that his self-titled debut album will be released on Aug. 14. Pre-orders are now being taken at Amazon.com. The album costs $8.99 and includes 10 tracks, if you can trust the track list on Amazon. I’m not certain you can, because Michael has also announced the release of a second single…
