When it comes time to book guest performances on The Voice, producers seem to suffer from amnesia. To be more to the point, they rarely seem to remember the past contestants who help make the show a ratings success. Instead of helping them promote new music, guest performance slots all to often go to well-off,…
She played the role of Tracy Turnblad in “Hairspray.” She’s portrayed Janis Joplin at a tribute to the legendary singer. And she’s a kickboxing instructor. You might say Katrina Rose (Diderikson) will bring a diverse skill set to The Voice stage in Season 13. Growing up in North Carolina bluegrass country, Katrina sang in church…
If both Adam Levine and Blake Shelton turn for Whitney Fenimore’s blind audition … well, it could be entertaining. After all, Whitney hails from Tulsa, Okla. But she’s based in Los Angeles and sings pop music. She also comes to The Voice with lots of music fans can already enjoy. Her discography: * In 2010,…
Kristi Hoopes has an interesting story to tell about how she got hooked on the entertainment field. She was in third grade when auditions were being held for “A Christmas Carol.” No boys auditioned, so she snagged the lead role of Ebeneezer Scrooge. “I got the lead wearing a bald cap and grey sideburns,” she…
Add Mitchell Lee to The Voice list of Season 13 contestants who has already released music you can enjoy. You just wwon’t find it under the name Mitchell Lee. Shortly after graduating from The Citadel (The Military College of South Carolina), Mitchell met fellow musician Henri Gates of a rival college in Charleston, S.C. They…
Aspiring country singer Anna Catherine DeHart has released a handful of singles. Her latest, 2015’s “Waiting on the Sun to Rise” is the best and most important. As a member of the youth growth at Shady Acres Church of Christ in Missouri, Anna Catherine used to do volunteer work at Children’s Home Inc. in neighboring…
In a promotional video posted earlier this year, Anthony Alexander expresses two “dreams” he’d like to accomplish as a musician. The high school senior says he dreams of playing The Hollywood Bowl. And he’d love it if one day his fans turned on the television and saw him singing. “That would be super awesome and…
Lucas Holliday has been singing as long as he can remember, but it’s safe to say few people outside Michigan knew who he was. That’s until a customer/friend took a video of Lucas singing Maxwell’s “Ascension” while checking out customers at the Dollar General in Lansing. The video went viral on Facebook, quickly attracting more…
One cover posted to YouTube tells you a lot about Sophia Bollman. A little over a year ago, she posted a video of her version of Demi Lovato’s “Stone Cold,” displaying great tone on the verses and powerhouse vocals on the chorus. The description below the video tells the rest. “Demi Lovato kicked me off…
Remember We McDonald, the third-place finisher on The Voice Season 11? She was a product of the Harlem School of the Arts. Now one of her fellow students — Brandon Brown — will be attempting to repeat her success on the show. Here’s the interesting thing about 19-year-old Brandon: He was apparently proficient as a…
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