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Sound & Vision: Hard Times for TV-Launched Pop Stars — Can Adam Lambert Save Them All?

posted: December 9, 2011

Susan Boyle is underperforming on the charts with her recently released third album, Someone to Watch Over Me. American Idol‘s Season 10 winner Scotty McCreery missed a cue and was caught lip-syncing his single “The…
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Your Country's Right Here: Lauren Alaina Blossoms with ‘Wildflower’

posted: November 10, 2011

Lauren Alaina has turned her hometown of Rossville, GA., about 10 minutes south of Chattanooga, TN., into a tourist attraction. Yes, the sixteen-year-old runner up on American Idol, who won praise from none other than…
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Vocal Points: America's Got Talented Singers

posted: October 9, 2011

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know about the show American Idol. Since the show’s start in 2002, it’s unbelievable success has created a series of stars”Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Kris Allen and most recently…
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Sound And Vision: Six Artists I Love Although I Know I'm Not Supposed To

posted: October 7, 2011

Most of us probably would be loathe to admit it out loud, but we all have them: Singers and bands we love in spite of everybody else. They create music to our ears, while to…
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Sound And Vision: Can Florence + the Machine End 2011 Where Adele Started It (on Top)?

posted: September 23, 2011

Florence Welch must be in a state of extreme suspense right about now. And if she is, no one would understand how she feels better than Adele. At the dawn of 2011, Adele was in…
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American Idol – "Masking" Their Gay Contestants?

posted: August 22, 2011

Maroon 5 frontman/The Voice judge Adam Levine had some choice words for American Idol last week, saying that while he agrees the show is a cultural institution, it also deliberately hides the sexual orientation of…
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