Lee DeWyze continued the media tour to promote his post-Idol album, “Live It Up,” on Monday by appearing on Today and performing the lead single, “Sweet Serendipity.” Tuesday, he’ll celebrate the release of the album by appearing on Live with Regis and Kelly. This is certain: So far, Lee can’t celebrate too much love from…
Give Jason Castro credit for this. If Plan A doesn’t work out, he wastes no time moving along to Plan B. So a few months after releasing a self-titled pop CD, he’s back at it, pushing his new CD/EP on Christian radio. The slash is there because “Who I Am,” released Tuesday, includes five new…
Little doubt, Tim Urban is smiling right now. After all, he smiled through some pretty brutal critiques on American Idol. So there’s no reason not to smile now that he’s among the first season nine finalists to release new music, especially since he wasn’t supposed to be in the Idol finals in the first place….
The season nine Idol album I’m most anxiously awaiting now has a cover and a track list. Crystal Bowersox announced both earlier this week. According to her website, the track list below includes eight songs she wrote, two she co-wrote, a Buffalo Springfield cover (“For What It’s Worth) and the first single (“Hold On”), which was…
Gotta say, I’m a bit distraught. Earlier this week, I read an interview producer Nigel Lythgoe did with People.com about what to expect from the upcoming season of American Idol. He said the show is discovering lots of talented country singers. Great news. He said he doesn’t think the show will use guest mentors and…
Last week, I marveled over the fact that Taylor Swift had 11 songs off her new “Speak Now” album on Billboard’s Hot 100 in the same week. That’ right, 11. Billboard posted an article on its website later in the day saying the feat has actually been surpassed three times, all by the Beatles, who had 14…
Look who just cracked the top 25 on the Christian singles chart. That’s right, season seven Idol contestant Jason Castro, who released a CD entitled “Who I Am” on Tuesday. If you missed the earlier blog, “Who I Am” is a repackaged version of his self-titled debut CD, featuring five new tunes designed for Christian…
So, did you miss all the fun at the CMA Awards Wednesday night? Carrie Underwood sang two songs and did a fine job of hosting the show again, along with Entertainer of the Year winner Brad Paisley. Kelly Clarkson performed a duet with Jason Aldean and sounded great, though the Associated Press failed to provide…
OK, Kellie Pickler might not have won a CMA Award Wednesday night. Heck, she wasn’t even nominated. But she wins my award for best red carpet interviewer … not to mention most daring dress. And talk about sure-fire recipes. Put Ellen DeGeneres and Kellie Pickler together and laughs are sure to follow.
From an awards standpoint, Wednesday night’s CMAs were a bust for American Idol fans. Carrie Underwood failed to win in either of the categories she was nominated — album of the year and female vocalist of the year — thanks to Miranda Lambert. But, hey, we got to hear Carrie perform “Songs Like This” and…
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