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American Idol Season 10 winner, Scotty McCreery, Begins Recording his 3rd Studio Album
On the way to the studio! Starting the next album today! I am pumped!!
— Scotty McCreery (@ScottyMcCreery) April 15, 2015
Clay Aiken, Judith Miller visit Bill Maher – Former “American Idol” contestant Clay Aiken, who ran for the U.S. House in North Carolina, will be the mid-show interview guest. (This Friday on HBO at 10 pm. Bill had called him out for ignoring Obama during his campaign for congress) – Via Orlando Sentinel
CARRIE UNDERWOOD GETS ‘GUITAR HERO LIVE’ TREATMENT – If you love Guitar Hero and Carrie Underwood, then Guitar Hero Live is going to rock your socks off! Activision has just announced its intentions to revive the Guitar Hero name, which has been quiet since 2010. So far, Carrie Underwood is the only country music artist to be confirmed for this Guitar Hero revival. The country songstress is in good musical company with songs from The Black Keys, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Gary Clark, Jr., Green Day, Ed Sheeran, The War on Drugs, The Killers, Skrillex, The Rolling Stones, The Lumineers, Pierce the Veil, and Blitz Kids also being featured in the game. More bands and individual artists will be announced in the coming months. – Read more at Country Fancast
Opry Launches Artist-Curated Collection With Kellie Pickler – The Grand Ole Opry launched its first artist-curated merchandise collection– Selma Drye by Kellie Pickler home goods collection– at a special launch party backstage at the Grand Ole Opry House yesterday evening (April 14). The collection of home goods, inspired by Kellie Pickler’s great-grandmother Selma Drye, includes Pickler’s touch on unique frames, candles, pillows, dishes, aprons, canisters and select furniture pieces. The country artist was on hand between performances on two Opry shows last night to talk about her great-grandmother Selma Drye and how she inspired the various items in the collection. – Read more at Music Row
Count ‘American Idol’ Team NOLA’s Quentin Alexander and Joey Cook as fans of ‘Harsh Harry’ Connick Jr.’s critiques – “I definitely feel that with Harry, it’s sometimes weird how accurate he is,” Alexander said. “But that’s just him. He’s super-critical of everything in a performance. So when you see Keith and J-Lo get super-excited, I think it’s because they’re looking at the performance from a different perspective. They’re looking at the performance as performers and not just vocalists, where Harry is doing it like a vocal coach. It’s super-technical, which is why I take everything he says with a grain of salt. I’m not so technically trained that I understand what he’s saying, but I do appreciate it.” Cook agreed. “With Keith and Jennifer, it’s kind of like pats on the back, in a weird way,” she said. “They make you feel good about what you’ve done, and then Harry is kind of the ‘but’ at the end of the sentence. ‘This was really great.’ ‘This was really good.’ ‘I love what you did here, but it could be better.’ – Read more at NOLA
Adam Lambert covers new issue of Notion and talks new album ‘The Original High’ – Adam Lambert covers the new issue of Notion magazine, and opens up about his career as he prepares to premiere his highly-anticipated new single ‘Ghost Town’. With less than a week to go until Adam unveils the first taste of his third studio album, The Original High, which has been executive produced by Max Martin and Shellback, Adam shares further insight into what fans can expect in the accompanying interview. Looking back on his experiences: “There were certain ways in which I triumphed and certain ways in which I stumbled a little bit. Unfortunately, people were watching while I was learning.” – Read more at Pop Scoop
Scotty McCreery visits Vanderbilt children’s hospital – When Scotty McCreery stepped on stage Tuesday afternoon, his audience was a bit different than the crowd he normally entertains. McCreery is used to playing for thousands of screaming fans — this time, he was singing to sick children and their families at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. “I’ve been (to the children’s hospital) once before to do a similar thing, and I loved it,” McCreery said. “I loved to meet the kids. I loved singing for them. And when it coincided with the Opry, it was a no-brainer for me. It was two things I really enjoyed.” – Read more at The Tennessean
Jacquie Lee: ‘The Voice’ runner-up seeks stardom – Jacquie Lee, a 17-year-old pop star from Colts Neck, N.J., was the runner-up of Season Five of NBC’s “The Voice.” She now has her own EP and is on tour with Shawn Mendes. Teenlink was able to do a phone interview with Lee before the tour came to Miami recently. – Read more at Sun-Sentinel
Durham’s Lowell Oakley talks about life after ‘The Voice’ – RALEIGH, N.C. – Season 8 of NBC’s hit singing competition “The Voice” rolls on this week without Durham crooner Lowell Oakley. Oakley stopped by WNCN on Tuesday and said he’s not bitter about last Wednesday’s results show that sent him packing home to North Carolina. “I learned so much,” Oakley said about working with his coach, R&B singer and producer Pharrell Williams. “I connected with him on a spiritual level, that transcended all the music that we were doing and I think that’s one of the many things that made this whole process worth while.” – Read more at WNCN.com
Blake Shelton Reveals the Pitbull Collaboration That Almost Happened – In an interview with Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS FM radio show Wednesday morning, Shelton revealed that he turned down an opportunity to work with with the hitmaker. “I got real close to doing a song with Pitbull one time,” he said. “There’s just something about me being like a middle America country artist saying the word motherf–ker over and over again. It was like, ‘Man, I just don’t know if that’s going to go over with my soccer moms.’ So I opted not to, but I was honored.” – Read more at Entertainment Tonight
