A new album from a former finalist and new songs from two former winners adds up to a big week in terms of post-Voice music. The album comes from Tony Lucca, who finished third on The Voice Season 2. “Ain’t No Storm” marks his first full-length album since 2015 and stems from songs he’s written…
Kelly Clarkson will build on her country credentials and Carrie Underwood will try to break Miranda Lambert’s stranglehold at female vocalist of the year honors at the ACM Awards Sunday, April 7. Kelly is nominated for musical event of the year thanks to her performance of “Keeping Score” with Dan + Shay. She’ll also perform…
Is that current American Idol champ Maddie Poppe rocking out on a poppish new song? Sure is. Maddie released “Made You Miss” Friday, a song about a guy who’s come to miss the gal he’s no longer with. It’s the latest release off Maddie’s upcoming post-Idol debut album, set for release May 17. Maddie shared…
Former Voice champ Alisan Porter has released the debut single from her upcoming album. It’s a country single called “Never Could,” and Alisan says it tells the story of learning to love yourself through the eyes of another person. “It’s about truly understanding what it means to be in a partnership, and seeing love in…
Two former American Idol standouts have teamed up for an intoxicating new release. Note that I didn’t say new song because “Trip” was featured on Adanna Duru’s 2018 “Manic Pixie Dreamgirl” album. But it gets a refreshing new twist here with the help of Casey Abrams. Yep, that would be the same Casey Abrams who…
Four years passed between Haley Reinhart’s post-American Idol debut album and its 2016 followup. Now the sultry siren from Chicago has released three albums in a four-year span. Album number four from Haley, “Lo-Fi Soul,” landed Wednesday. It’s a 13-song, all-original collection. And while Haley already released three songs from the album, she says most…
Kelly Clarkson has a new single out in conjunction with the upcoming animated movie “Ugly Dolls.” It’s a self-empowerment anthem called “Broken and Beautiful” from the movie soundtrack. And one of four songs Kelly will have on that soundtrack. “Ugly Dolls” — billed by Kelly on social media as “the biggest musical comedy of doll…
Of the 175 singers who earned golden tickets to Hollywood during American Idol’s Season 17 auditions, only 70 survived the first two days in Hollywood. They performed in a solo round before the judges cut the field to a final 40 — 21 gals and 19 guys. Those 40 will perform in a showcase round…
Former Voice standout Moriah Formica has broken her silence on her stint on American Idol. Moriah made the Top 70, but was sent home in the Hollywood Week episode that aired Monday night. In a social media post Tuesday evening, Moriah said she had been asked to audition for the show, was proud of her…
Savannah Brister might have lost her Team Legend battle round match on The Voice Monday night. But she headed straight for the Comeback Stage. And in a video The Voice posted immediately after the show, Savannah advanced to the semifinals with a battle round win over Nathan and Chesi Arnett. The Arnetts sang “Drift Away”…
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