While we await a new album from Daughtry, Chris and the guys have announced plans to release the “B Sides” from “Leave This Town” as a CD next month. The seven-track CD will be available May 10 through Daughtry’s website. Pre-orders are being taken now. The CD will include six tracks previously available for download,…
I hardly made a secret of the fact that I wasn’t a fan of Constantine Maroulis’ rendition of “Unchained Melody” on American Idol earlier this month. For one thing, I couldn’t understand why Idol would invite the star of Broadway’s Rock of Ages to perform on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame night and then…
Congratulations go out to Mandisa, whose new album debuted at number two on the Billboard Christian albums chart this week. The only album above her on the chart is “Until the Whole World Hears” from the Casting Crowns, the Atlanta-based band that has topped Billboard’s year-ending Christian album chart for the past two years. Mandisa’s…
Paul McDonald had a little more seasoning than your typical American Idol contestant. He’d been lead singer for the Hightide Blue, later renamed The Grand Magnolias. The former released two EPs — a total of 10 tracks — between 2007 and 2008. The latter released a CD just last year, touting its sound as “a…
And a funny thing happened the morning after an Idol results show. Outrage did not sweep across the Idol nation. There weren’t calls for recounts. Calls for the judges to finally judge something (though that would still be merited). Or rants about how Idol is unfair to females (though it still is). I’m sure Paul…
Update 2: “The Last Goodbye” goes on sale tomorrow, and the song just started streaming on David’s website. Wow, it’s great to hear new music from David. It’s been too long. And this certainly sounds like a hit. More of a rocker than I expected from the song title. Wow, again. I’ve just listened to…
Am I dreaming? Did that just happen? Did Cute Boy Idol really send home a cute boy? Finally? Remarkably enough, it happened. Paul McDonald’s run on Idol is over. Haley Reinhart has survived to sing another week. For the first time since the finals started, American Idol voters did not eliminate a female Thursday night….
Can Haley Reinhart survive the criticism she received last night? Will Idol voters finally rally behind a female contestant? Or will she become the sixth straight girl voted off Idol, further proving the gender problem executive producer Nigel Lythgoe would like to pretend doesn’t exist? After Pia’s elimination last week, Nigel said Idol viewers will…
Any hope that the Idol judges would wake from their season-long slumber after the ouster of Pia Toscano was shattered midway through Wednesday’s show. Scotty McCreery had just done what Scotty McCreery does every week. Sing a country song well. Hit all the notes. Look self-assured on stage. “You know, everybody wants us to be…
For those counting, Steven Tyler’s streak of performances he loved has reached 39. And it doesn’t look like it will end anytime soon. I mean, the guy is making Paula Abdul look like a novice at positive feedback in his rookie year on Idol. Truth be told, the Idols gave the judges plenty of reasons…
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