Blake Shelton And 6 Other 'The Voice' Artists Release New Music

March 26th, 2013 10:25am EDT
Blake Shelton
The Voice coach Blake Shelton releases his new album Based on a True Story today (and if you haven't ordered your copy yet, you can do so here), but he's not the only one from the show who's put new music out recently. Here are a half-dozen other artists you know from the show who have turned out fresh albums or EP's in the last few months.

Tje Austin, Dreamin' Big (get it HERE): A member of Team Cee Lo in Season 1, this soulful singer returns with a CD he's been working on for some time, and that extra time and effort shows in a pleasant R&B collection that ranges from the heartbreakingly...
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Kacey Musgraves Teases New Album Same Trailer Different Park

March 17th, 2013 12:30pm EDT
Nashville singer-songwriter and NPR 'Best New Artist' pick Kacey Musgraves has just shared a new teaser video for her upcoming album, Same Trailer Different Park (due March 19th on Mercury Records). The clip features samples of music from the album, including Kacey's breakthrough single, "Merry Go 'Round." The album is also streaming and available for pre-order now on iTunes.

Kacey was born and raised in the small town of Golden, Texas, and started performing at opry houses when she was still a child. She started out in Nashville as a demo singer, and quickly earned a publishing deal with...
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'The Voice's' Casey Weston Releases New Album 'Find The Moon'

March 5th, 2013 12:20pm EST
Casey Weston
As fans count down to Season 4 of NBC's The Voice, Season 1 semifinalist Casey Weston has released her next album, Find the Moon. The record debuted on February 28 on iTunes and elsewhere, and Casey spoke to Big Red Chairs about it and her life almost two years after competing on the hit series.

"I really feel like this is me, one hundred percent," she said of Find the Moon, which is her first record since she appeared on the show. "This was the first album that I did completely. I was involved with everything.  I wrote or co-wrote every song. I produced it so I had the direction.

"I was ...
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The Continuing Rise of Jesse Macht

February 21st, 2013 10:45am EST
Jesse Macht
Since he was introduced to Starpulse audiences in the fall of 2011, singer-songwriter Jesse Macht has cemented his status as the best unheralded musician. The talented performer with the amazing lyrical acuity released the single Out of Control in August 2012, and Jesse Macht and the Buffalo Fight dropped their album Acts of Providence not long afterward. It was a welcome burst of new material from one of music's freshest voices.

After that much work, some artists might consider taking some time off - but Jesse is making 2013 his year with new gigs and new creative partnerships. He recentl...
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Eric Church Leads 2013 Academy Of Country Music Awards Nominations

February 13th, 2013 5:17pm EST
Eric Church
Singer-songwriter Eric Church looks set to dominate the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards after scoring seven nominations, ahead of Taylor Swift and Miranda Lambert with five apiece.

The main nominations for the annual prize giving were announced on Wednesday and Church is set to compete in categories including Male Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year for Chief, as well as Song of the Year for his Bruce Springsteen tribute Springsteen and Video of the Year for Creepin'.

He will face newcomer Hunter Hayes - who scored an impressive six nominations - in categories for Video ...
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Gary Allan's Set You Free is The #1 Album on iTunes

January 24th, 2013 9:41am EST
Gary Allan's Set You Free is The #1 Album on iTunes
This week, multi-platinum artist Gary Allan released Set You Free on MCA Nashville (available now on iTunes), marking his ninth studio album. The album catapulted to #1 on the iTunes (all genre) Album Chart this morning. It’s Allan’s highest debut on iTunes to date. The lead single “Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain)” has already sold over 700,000 downloads, has been certified gold and is quickly approaching platinum. The song blazed a fire fueled trail up the Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart and shows promise of being Allan’s fifth #1 hit. The album (originally slated for a March release) w...
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Miranda Lambert: I Stand By What I Said About Chris Brown

January 9th, 2013 6:07pm EST
Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert still has a bone to pick with Chris Brown.

The Country singer is featured in the February issue of Redbook magazine; and she says she has no regrets about starting a twitter war with the R&B singer after last year's Grammy Awards, when she expressed her disdain for how Brown was not only allowed to perform, but that he won an award.

"Chris Brown twice? I don't get it. He beat on a girl...Not cool that we act like that didn't happen. He needs to listen to 'Gunpowder and Lead' and be put back in his place. Not at the Grammys," she wrote.

"Gunpowder and Lead" is her single a...
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Kenny Rogers Raising Money For Hurricane Sandy And Sandy Hook Victims

December 24th, 2012 4:07pm EST
Kenny Rogers
Veteran entertainer Kenny Rogers is donating a portion of the proceeds from his New Jersey and Connecticut concerts to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy and the elementary school massacre.

Rogers performed at Bergen Performing Arts Center in New Jersey on Wednesday and in an effort to give back to the area, which was one of the hardest hit by the October superstorm, he teamed up with toy company Fisher Price to buy Christmas gifts for local children.

Speaking about the initiative to New York radio station Big Frog 104, he said, "I start with a cash donation, then ask the audience to try...
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A Few Minutes With...Country Music Artist Doreen Taylor

December 8th, 2012 1:50pm EST
Doreen Taylor
"I really didn't pick country, country picked me," said Doreen Taylor in a recent interview with Digital Airwaves. "I did everything. I went from opera to musical theater to a one-woman show in Atlantic City in Vegas. Everybody used to tell me, 'You've gotta do country.' It was just meant to be."

Her first country album, Magic, was released in April and now she's celebrating the release of the third single 'Judgment Day.' For Doreen, making the record was "kind of an organic process. I kind of just go with the flow. I'm very easygoing. I always told them in the beginning, 'I will rarely ...
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'The X Factor' Top 3 Talk Elimination Before Tonight's Results (Video)

December 6th, 2012 3:52pm EST
Emblem 3
'The X Factor' is heating up as two of the top 6 contestants are going home tonight. Last week, Diamond White fought for survival by sending home Vino Alan and securing herself in the last spot. CeCe Frey made a comeback and was safe at number five while Fifth Harmony was voted at number four. The boys from Emblem3 have been successfully climbing the leader board and were ranked at number three last week. Tate Stevens continues to fight for that number one spot but came in at number two, with Ms. Carly Rose Sonenclar holding the top spot for two weeks in a row.

We caught up with last week'...
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