On The Voice, we knew her as Charlotte Sometimes in Season 2. She made it to the Top 24 on the show, treating us to a brilliant reworking of Paramore’s “Misery Business” along the way that remains one of my all-time favorite Voice performances. But after about six years, an album and four EPs, Jessie…
On The Voice, the finalists are typically the only contestants who get to record and release a single at the end of the show. In Season 8, there was one lucky exception: Mia Z, the 16-year-old from the Pittsburgh area who consistently impressed the show’s judges with her range and with her passion for singing…
Koryn Hawthorne admits she and battle partner Vance Smith were thrown a bit by the song they were asked to sing during the battle round on The Voice. “We’re both R&B soul singers, but we got a current pop song,” Koryn, 16, of Abbeville, La., said in a Wednesday conference call with the media. “We…
Brooke Adee classifies herself as an indie-alternative style performer. Bay Brooks classified herself as a indie-folk singer-songwriter. Blake Shelton forced both of them out of their comfort zone during the battle round on The Voice, asking them to perform Taylor Swift’s “Style.” When the singing ended, Blake declared Brooke the winner, meaning she advances to…
Many contestants on The Voice say one of the most difficult aspects of the battle round is learning to perform with a partner. Lexi Davila of Team Adam said having a battle partner actually helped her. As a result, the 17-year-old from Lorain, Ohio, said she was able to open up on stage, move around…
When Kensington Moore started singing, she focused on country music because, if you’re into music and you’re in Kentucky, that’s just what you do. Oddly, it was after Kensington and her family moved to Nashville — the country music capital of the world — that she decided to change directions and focus on pop music,…
Blessing Offor released a wonderful new ballad called “This is Life” on Tuesday. And it’s just a sample of the new music coming from the Season 7 contestant on The Voice. Blessing’s new album, “Roots,” will be available Feb. 10. Pre-orders are underway on iTunes. Now 26, Blessing advanced to the knockout round before being…
Gotta admit, the first time I listened to Kat Robichaud’s new album, I wondered what the heck she was doing. Two listens later, I had my answer. She was delivering a delightfully different album, one of the best and certainly the most unique we’ve gotten from a former contestant on The Voice. She’ll have you…
Lily Elise, one of the Season 1 standouts on The Voice, released a new single earlier this month. And there’s more new music coming from the young woman who made the Top 16 on the show back in the spring of 2011 as a member of Team Christina. The new single is an impressive, moody…
Was DaNica Shirey shocked to be voted into the Top 12 on The Voice? Oh, yeah. Anyone watching her reaction when Carson Daly called out her name last Wednesday could see just how surprised she was. “I did not expect at all to be voted through. I was in shock,” said DaNica, 25, and the…
