Jason Castro Interview and Performance, The Elvis Duran Show

Oh Jason, you are such a sweetheart, so talented and worthy of all the good things coming your way right now!!! Thanks Mj -

Oh man–he’s so cute. I thought he did great with the interview parts. He didn’t avoid the question; he answered honestly. He’s so much more confident a speaker. Nice whistling. Camera’s a little close. Jason really sounded great doing this. Very confident singing and guitar.

Really sounded good. I’m re-impressed like back when he did Daydreamin’ Boy. I’m so glad I watched.

Getting to the end now–I didn’t not enjoy Hallelujah as much as the new single. Kind of a downer after such a fun upper.

he sang hallelujah better than he did on the show

Thanks for making a thread on this,MJ. Jason always and I do mean ALWAYS makes me grin huge. I don’t follow him, but I will be buying his album when it comes out.

Yay for Jason. Glad to see him performing and in the news. There is something special about this boy. Wow, Season 7 was filled with insanely talented folks.

Song’s name is: “Daydream.” (by John Sebastian of The Lovin’ Spoonful)

What a lovely version here of “Hallelujah” — I just heard Leonard Cohen sing his song on tour, a tremendous rendition, and I bet he’d love Jason’s heartfelt version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttv5dyvtF4o — Leonard cohen, “Hallelujah” 2008

And that “Let’s Fall in Love All Over Again” — it’s a charmer. Deserves great airplay.. Jason was the big surprise for me on tour. I expected little, thought he was mainly a cute hippie and very spacey. But he really sang beautifully (and surprisingly intensely)live on the Idol tour. Go, baby!

Aww, I just love Jason. He’s getting better and better with his interviews too.

he sang hallelujah better than he did on the show

Yes he did! I was amazed at how much better he sang “Hallelujah” on this clip because I thought it was amazing the first time he sang it on Idol.
Can’t wait to buy his album!

quoteWow, Season 7 was filled with insanely talented folks.

I think overall Season 7 has been the most talented season of Idol. A lot of really good talent!

“Just minding my own business”. I liked that.

Jason just makes me smile. Best of luck to him.

his hard work is paying off…song writing, vocal lessons, and the live shows he’s been doing the past couple months…he’s great…and going to get better and better

That boy just makes me smile, too. Love him. Really enjoying his new song after playing it about 10 or 12 (OK maybe 20) times in a row!!

It’s nice to come back and be treated to crack. Thanks, mj.

*Thanks, as well, and hi to all my blogger friends here who had been asking after me. I’m alright…life is nearly getting back to normal. =)

Purple!!!! I’m so happy you’re ok. Best of luck getting things back to normal. I always check the crack threads to see if you’ve checked in!

I’m glad you are okay purplesmile. It’s nice to see you back.

Jason should be getting pretty good with the interviews since he’s been at them everyday for the past month or so. He really is very adept about never badmouthing anyone, no matter how hard some of the dj’s try.

Hallelujah is supposed to be on the album, which should be a nice treat since on AI we never really got a recorded version. Plus as awesome as it was then, he’s even better at it now.

Beyond that, his music video is available for purchase on iTunes. I think it’s like the #24 video at present. He’s also performing in Atlanta tomorrow.

Oh, and the new rumored album date is Jan. 26th, but I don’t think that is set in stone.

Yep, Jason just always make you smile. A rare quality.

Purple! You don’t even know me but I’m so glad to ‘see’ you and know everything is getting better!

Love Jason, loved Hallelujah again. What a charmer.

“”I think overall Season 7 has been the most talented season of Idol. A lot of really good talent!”"

I think so too but what gave me the biggest smile today was seeing Purple on here!!! Hi – I have written you but I think you went and joined the other grown ups on fb? lol – so good to see you back here and I hope better? So sorry you had to go through all of that!

Yes Jason Castro was one of my favorites from season 7 yeah he made me smile and luved his lay back persona..

Hi Purple glad you are all right..What happened to you? Sort of out of the loop.Sumidol–could ya fill me in..

woohoo! Elvis has z100! that is great! I can’t wait to hear Jason’s song blasting on my radio. I really love it!

Here’s a cute vid…Jason singing LJFILA and his reaction when he hears everyone singing along (about a minute in). Pure joy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRnVaUHJuDU

Hi Pop, this is what happened and our purplesmile lives over there:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090926/wl_nm/us_philippines_typhoon

cjinsd, thank you so much for that, he is just too cute, isnt he? warm fuzzies when I watch him play, smile, talk – he is a bright light

Brie – thank you for all the Jason updates you bring us – can you vote for Jasons video on the vh1 countdown? Or is it even a contender? It should be I think!

Good lord, I am still so in love with this kid, haha. His voice has gotten so much smoother, those were both excellent performances!

Love his Hallelujah – like but do not love his new single. I am really looking forward to hearing his album though and the duet with Serena Ryder. I wish the interviewers would STOP with the hair questions.

That I don’t know sumidol. I assume not yet just in the sense that I would think Atlantic or the Atlantic Street Team would have contacted fans and told them to vote. They are usually pretty good at that stuff. I haven’t actually looked myself though.

Nice! Thanks, MJ.

*waves at Purplesmile!*

Jason’s vocal training seems to have paid off in these two performances. Very nice job on both songs. Cannot compare the two songs themselves as Hallelujah is in a very special class, of course. Great that it will be on his album.

“since on AI we never really got a recorded version” They released the short, 1.5 minute version for sale during AI. Yeah, not the whole song.

‘since on AI we never really got a recorded version’  They released the short, 1.5 minute version for sale during AI. Yeah, not the whole song.

And it was the live, albeit slightly tinkered with, version, not a studio recording.

And yes, the music video for “Let’s Just Fall in Love Again” is indeed at #24 on iTunes at present.

I agree that, as HappyDaisy just said, Jason’s vocal training shows in these performances–and also his guitar skills have improved by leaps and bounds. As have his interview skills. Obviously he’s been putting in a lot of work in the past year, and it shows.

Hi, Purplesmile! So glad to see you!

Very, very nice! I loved the finger picking guitar playing with “Hallelujah”! It was beautiful! I watched on full screen and as someone said above, the camera was very close to his face.

Wow. Cannot wait to buy his album. I wish LJFILA was stripped down like he sang it here, and man- I just love his Hallelujah.

Awesome!!!!

Hey Purps!!!!!!!!

So happy to hear that Jason took Masterclass Lady’s advice! It is wonderful to see such a talented young man work hard to reach his goals. He was my favorite from Season 7 and knowing that his CD will soon be released is pleasing me to no end.

What a sweetheart!

You know… I only watched the first song due to time restraints earlier. I like the single. It’s catchy and it catches his quirky vibe, his pretty voice. But I thought, damn Jason, just think how great you’ll be when you have suffered a bit more in life. Broken heart, etc. LOL.

Just now I watched Hallelujah and he sang it with such passion. So beautiful.

I was originally disappointed that Atlantic didn’t release the album on schedule, but maybe it was for the best. So many are releasing that day. I believe they want to develop him as an artist, and not shove him out as an “Idol.” I’ve noticed the tweets between him and Ryan Star, and I thought they were because they are both friends with Cookie. That could be part of it, but they are also both on Atlantic.

huh!! i WONDER WHAT THIS REALLY NICE KID JASON TALKS TO RUDE AND CRUDE BUT TALENTED RYAN ABOUT(AT LEAST HE WAS LIKE THAT
ON ROCK STAR!!!!

JASON IS STILL HIS LOVERLEY SELF AND AS BEAUTIFUL AS EVER. I AM SO HAPPY THAT HE HAS RECORDED AND IS GETTING SOME FACE TIME TO PROMOTE HIS VERY MEMORABLE SONG LFILAOA.
HALLELUJAH STILL SOUNDS GOOD FROM HIS LIPS. I SO LOVE THAT HE IS THAT GUY WITH THE UNIQUE SOUND AND CAMERA LOVIN FACE.
YUP! ON MY CHRISTMAS LIST!!!!!!!!!!!!

saw this as kris’s latest tweet:

KrisAllen4Real Hey guys go check out @jasoncastro new video. http://j.mp/3HjRP1

Jason Castro was in New York City yesterday, promoting his new single,

David Archuleta was also in New York City. I wonder if they got together at all. Jason’s “Hallelujah” was just lovely.

It was nice of Kris to give Jason a shout out about the vid. I love that all the Idols (or most anyway) are all so supportive of each other.

ozarka, I don’t think so. The day Jason filmed the Z100 bit he also had a mall show in NJ that afternoon/evening. I don’t think he had much down time and likely Archie didn’t either.