David Cook - The Last Goodbye VIDEO

David Cook premiered his lead single, The Last Goodbye off his sophomore album, This Loud Morning, slated to drop on June 28. And man, was it good to see him and the band back on the Idol stage again, and just on my tv singing new music in general. It'd been too long. The single, which is a Cook/Ryan Tedder co-write, is amazing, and I really think it is going to blow up the radio this summer. It's a perfect song for driving with the windows down and the radio cranked up.

You can preorder the album on David Cook Official or Amazon, and you can buy the single on Amazon or itunes. And check out the video from tonight's performance, right here!

David Cook - Runway Magazine Photo Shoot & Video

And the Cookie crumbs keep rolling in! David did a photo shoot for an upcoming issue of Runway Magazine (Rumor is it comes out March 22) and here's a sneak preview of it! Also, Don't You (Forget about Me), this year's boot song for American Idol is available on itunes today, so go get it!

David Cook News - American Idol Boot Song & Album Preorder!

After months of silence from the Cook camp, the Season 7 Idol winner announced today that he recorded a cover of Simple Minds Don't You (Forget About Me) (well known from The Breakfast Club) as the exit song for Season 10 of American Idol. Not only that, but you can preorder the album (Release date still TBD, but late spring/summer is the rumor) from David Cook Official and get a free download of the boot song! David is also scheduled to be on ET tonight, so check your listings. But here's the video from ET!



It's unknown if David's going to be performing the song on Idol's results show tonight, but if that's the case, I'll have the video up on the blog as soon as I can. :)

I'm sure there'll be lots more to come in the weeks leading up to the album release - build up to any album release is always so much fun!

Josh Groban - Straight to You World Tour 2011 Dates!

FINALLY! After 3 teaser dates were announced about 3 weeks ago, today we were blessed with the full list of tour dates and a teaser video. Watching the video made me realize how fantastic Josh is live, all the experiences that I've had seeing him live, and how much I truly have missed him over the last 4 years. Say what you will, but Josh's music is what got me to jump feet first into fandom as an adult (well, I was in college, but still) and no matter who else has attracted me musically, I always come back to Josh.

The tour dates are on his web site here: Straight To You World Tour Dates. The tour starts May 12 in New Orleans, and wraps up at Madison Square Garden on November 14. Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 4!


And here's the video that made me get all teary. :)

Josh Groban - National Anthem, NBA All Star Game 2.20.11

Lately, I've been rolling my eyes at the singing of the National Anthem at major sporting events - the one that sticks out in my mind the most is this year's Super Bowl fiasco. The Star Spangled Banner is not an easy song to sing - especially a capella. I give props to anyone who has to do it - especially at such a high-profile event. I was excited when I found out Josh was singing it at the NBA All Star game. Thankfully, I remembered it was on tonight, and turned it on just in time.  He blew it out of the water - and reminded me all over again why I fell in love in the first place.

Check it out here. And thanks to Water Cooler Convo for alerting me to the video, when I had posted on twitter that I was looking for the video for here - she was coincidentally looking for something else and came across it.

Ryan Star - This Could Be the Year, Amazing Race Promo

And Ryan just keeps popping up everywhere! I was watching the Grammy's tonight, and there was a promo for the next season of Amazing Race. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised and shocked to hear This Could Be the Year on it! I feel like 2011 will be Ryan's year. The Amazing Race premiers next Sunday, February 20, so between now and then this may just pop up on CBS a few times.

Edited with youtube video! Thanks Jen! :)

Ryan Star - Losing Your Memory Featured on Vampire Diaries 2.3.11

And The Vampire Diaries strikes again with excellent music choices! Earlier this season, they used Kris Allen's I Need to Know, and also Sleeperstar's I Was Wrong. This past Thursday (2/3), they used Ryan Star's Losing Your Memory. This is one of my favorite songs off of the Elephant album and the new arrangement on 11:59 with the bagpipes is beautiful. You can get Ryan's album, 11:59 here, if you haven't already, and check out the video below!

Jim Cantiello's Glee Recap - Rocky Horror Style

Check it out! Jim Cantiello recapped this week's Glee (Rocky Horror style) with some help from Kris Allen. Too much fun.

MTV Shows

Kris Allen & Lifehouse - Orpheum Theater Boston 10.16.10

Saturday night I headed into Boston to see Kris Allen and Lifehouse play the second show of the Smoke and Mirrors tour. I was at the kickoff show Friday night at Foxwoods as well (Blog to come on that soon), but Saturday night was definitely the better of the two shows, mainly because the crowd was way more into it. Anyway, after hitting traffic and missing the entrance to the Boston Common parking garage, I met up with Sandy and Reenie and we walked over the venue together. Doors were open already, so we headed in to find our seats. The Orpheum Theater is pretty tiny - I believe it only seats about 1500, and even though we had 3rd row mezzanine, we were much closer then I thought we'd be. Actually even though I was farther away in Boston, I felt that those seats were better then my 9th row that I had at Foxwoods (off to the left side).

Jimmy Gnecco - Videos from Amsterdam 10.10.10

For the next week, until October 17, Jimmy Gnecco and his band are in Europe touring with Ah-ha on their farewell tour. It must be a total trip for them to be playing arenas, and to just be a part of this tour at all. Anyway, I came across some videos from the show last night in Amsterdam, and if you follow me on twitter, you've already seen them because I tweeted them earlier today - but I thought it'd be nice to have them all in one place. Check out the videos, under the cut!

Happy Birthday, John Lennon

Today is John Lennon's 70th birthday - had he not been killed in NYC on December 8, 1980. Even though I'm not old enough to even remotely remember him when he was alive, his music and legacy has carried on through the years. I learned about it in my music classes in school, and my parents introduced me to it as well. Its no secret he had a profound effect on so many people - musicians and music lovers alike. I figured it appropriate, on this day, to share a video of my favorite artist at the moment - Jimmy Gnecco - singing Mother, in tribute to Lennon. I know that Lennon's music and legacy will live on through so many - and that's all that any musician can ask for.

Kris Allen - I Need to Know Featured on The Vampire Diaries 10.7.10

This was a fun surprise tonight! I was watching The Vampire Diaries on the CW and heard a very familiar tune. It took me a minute, but very quickly realized that Kris Allen's I Need to Know was being used prominently on the show. It was the perfect companion to the scene and I'm honestly surprised it took so long for this song to be used on a tv show. This is the second time in as many days that we've been surprised with unexpected Kris news. In other Kris news, American Idol is in Conway shooting a promo for their 10th season, and there will supposedly be a surprise announcement while they're there. So keep an eye on twitter!

In the event that you missed I Need to Know being featured, here's the video, thanks to yendiders.

ITS HERE - Jimmy Gnecco's The Heart Preorder!!!

The pre-orders for Jimmy Gnecco's The Heart, releasing July 20 went live yesterday! There are 5 different packages and you can check out all the details here.

Pre-Order The Heart HERE

I am going to be getting a banner to put up on my page for preorders, which should be going up soon.

But in the meantime, have an exclusive 30-second snippet video of Bring You Home, the first single from The Heart.