Great news for fans of David Archuelta: The Season 7 runner-up from American Idol is off on his two-year mission trip with the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints, but the new music hasn’t ended. This morning, his team announced that an album called “Begin” will be released on Aug. 7 in the U.S. …
Every May you can count on a rash of new CDs from former Idols timed to coincide with heightened interest in the show as a new finale approaches. But this one was a surprise. A surprise of the most pleasant sort. Megan Joy promised us “a beautiful album” when she launched a kickstarter campaign to…
For the fourth straight year, David Cook participated in the Race for Hope in Washington, D.C., Sunday, helping raise money for brain cancer research. His team didn’t quite repeat as top fund-raisers for the event, a feat it had accomplished three straight years. But Team David Cook still raised more than $80,500 for the event,…
They square off Monday night, four singers aspiring for the same goal — the Season 2 title on The Voice. Below, I rank the artists based on where I think they’ll finish. Check back Monday night. I’ll be live blogging throughout the performance show (8 to 10 p.m. EST). Same thing for the results show…
Since we’ve heard so little from the finalists on The Voice, I figured I’d offer a sample of their pre-Voice music. Head to YouTube and you can find plenty more. One good thing about The Voice: The show doesn’t make its contestants pretend they’ve never performed before. Tony Lucca “Pretty Things” from 2008 CD “Come…
Want another look at The Voice finalists we’ll hear from Monday night? Here you go … Tony Lucca (Team Adam) “How Do You Like Me Now” “Hit Me Baby One More Time” “In Your Eyes” Jermaine Paul (Team Blake) “Open Arms” “Against All Odds” “Living on a Prayer” Chris Mann (Team Christina) “Ave Maria” “Viva…
The producers of NBC’s “The Voice” need to find themselves a super-sized tube of superglue. They need to douse the four Star Trek chairs where the mentors sit with that superglue. They they need to firmly plant the butts of Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton in those seats. I just…
Carrie Underwood will almost surely top the Billboard 200 when her new album, “Blown Away,” hits the music charts next week. But “Good Girl,” her lead single from the album, is strangely stuck on the Billboard country singles chart. This week, the song is at number eight for the fourth straight week. And it’s unlikely…
We were introduced to Skylar Laine, the brash mud-bogging gal from Brandon, Mississippi, back in January. She was one of several aspiring country singers to try out for Season 11 of Idol. After all, Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina finished one-two in Season 10, signaling that post-Simon Cowell American Idol would be more friendly to…
Skylar Laine was eliminated last night leaving four Idol contestants to compete for one of those prized trips back home on next week’s show. The theme will be “California Dreamin’” — whatever that means. We’ll also be treated to performances by David Cook and Jennifer Lopez. The former will be a treat for sure. He’s…
