Casey James fans might soon have some new music to download. At last. Earlier this week, Casey sent out this tweet: “I have waited my whole life to be able to say this. My first single, “Let’s Don’t Call It a Night,” goes to radio this week. It’s been two years since Casey auditioned for…
Talk about life imitating a song. Lee DeWyze apparently didn’t know Jonna Walsh before casting her in his “Sweet Serendipity” video last year. Now they’re engaged, with a wedding set for the fall of 2012. This despite the fact that she’s a Los Angeles Lakers fan. Anyone who knows anything about Lee knows that he’s…
I haven’t seen an official announcement of any sort, but everyone from Billboard to MTV is reporting that Haley Reinhart has been signed by Interscope Records. That would confirm what’s been rumored since even before the Idol finale — that sometime in 2011, we’re likely to get an album of new music from the 20-year-old…
So many of the season two Idols have resurfaced recently, I figured it was time to find out what’s up with that year’s Idol champ. I mean, we’ve had a new album from Kimberly Caldwell, a new EP from Kimberley Locke, a new single from Josh Gracin and a Sunday night TV appearance by Clay…
Clay Aiken fans will want to tune in to “Drop Dead Diva” tonight at 9 p.m. on Lifetime. The season two Idol runner-up has a guest starring role on the show. For the unaware, “Drop Dead Diva” is about a plus-sized lawyer named Jane Bingum. Her body is inhabited by an aspiring model named Deb…
Episode eight of Platinum Hit turned out to be a platinum bummer. The five remaining songwriters were split into two teams and asked to write an empowerment song. As a twist, they had to include the lyrics “kiss the flame.” Which Jewel fans (count me among them) will recognize as the name of one of…
If you haven’t yet, do yourself a favor and check out Kimberley Locke’s new EP, “Four for the Floor.” I think you’ll be impressed. Or, at the very least, surprised by the change in sound from her two full-length CDs, “One Love” (2004) and “Based on a True Story.” Last year, Kimberley scored a modest…
This Scotty McCreery kid just might have a future in music. Three weeks after its release, Scotty’s EP of American Idol highlights is still number 20 on the Billboard 200, down just one spot from a week ago. It’s also number six on the country chart, also down one spot. And his first single, “Love…
Having posed as a 15-year-old to gain access to the apparently top-secret list of Teen Choice Award nominations, I can now tell you that Idol got several nominations. And The Voice got a couple of nominations as well. In fact, both were nominated in the Favorite Reality Competition category, along with Wipeout, So You Think…
Episode seven of “Platinum Hit” was the show’s best yet, even if the results were more than a bit disappointing. This was the Johnny and Nick show, as in computer programmer Johnny Marnell and supreme egotist Nick Nittoli. Oh, the other cast members — Sonyae Elise and Brian Judah; Jes Hudak and Scotty Granger —…
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