Blake Lewis has launched an Indiegogo campaign to support a new album set for release on May 10. The album will be called “Wanderlust Unknown” and Blake has already reached 40 percent of his fundraising goal with 55 days left in the campaign. “It’s a combination of hip-hop, jazz and soul. And it’s very raw…
Season 9 American Idol champ Lee Dwyze has announced a spring tour. The 20-date Night and Day Tour will kick off April 21 in Salt Lake City and wrap up May 24 in Phoenix, Ariz. Most of the tour stops are in the Midwest and Texas, but Lee will be stopping in the D.C. suburbs…
Johanna Jones is one of the contestants taking a second shot at American Idol during Season 17. And we’re likely to meet her on the new seasons’ premiere episode Sunday night. Here’s more about Johanna. * She advanced to Hollywood Week on Season 15 of Idol back in 2016; that would have been the show’s…
If you watched the American Idol sneak peek that aired before last week’s Oscars, you’ve already heard a bit about Nick Townsend. He’s the young man who lost two brothers to suicide. We’re likely to hear more about that, and his music, when Idol returns for Season 17 on Sunday at 8 p.m. Here’s more…
His audition: Matthew Johnson, 25, of Jacksonville, Fla., auditioned with Kirk Franklin’s “I Smile.” He earned almost instantaneous chair turns from Blake Shelton and Adam Levine. He wasn’t far into the song when John Legend and Kelly Clarkson turned as well, making Matthew the second four-chair turn of Season 16. He joined Team John Legend….
His audition: Domenic Haynes, 18, Tampa, Fla., auditioned with “River” by Leon Bridges and got Adam Levine to turn almost immediately. John Legend soon followed, only to discover he’d been blocked by Adam. Blake joined them near the end of a very passionate performance. John praised Dominic;s tone. Adam called him his favorite singer in…
Her audition: Karen Galera, 19, of Dallas, Texas, auditioned with “Mi Corazoncito” by Aventura. Kelly Clarkson turned almost immediately, followed soon after by John Legend. Kelly praised the fact that Karen sang the entire song in Spanish. John said it’s time a bilingual artist won The Voice. Karen opted to join Team Kelly. About Karen:…
Alyssa Raghu did pretty well on Season 16 of American Idol, making it all the way to the Top 24. Not content with that showing, however, she announced that she decided to try again in Season 17. “I auditioned for American Idol again!” the talented songstress proclaimed on Facebook in late December. “I know so…
Several contestants who auditioned for Season 17 of American Idol has already released music. And you can add R&B, pop performer Uche Ndubizu to that list. Uche (pronounced oo-chay) announced last month that he auditioned for Season 17. American Idol returns to ABC on Sunday, March 3 with the season’s first audition episode. Here’s more…
What a difference a year and a bit of the good ol’ American Idol heartthrob treatment can make. Laine Hardy has gone from unknown country singer to a teenager with more than 100,000 followers on Facebook, more than 85,000 on Instagram and his own merchandise line on his own website. All of which happened when…
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