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The War and Treaty’s Michael Trotter Jr. & Tanya Trotter talk upcoming biopic: “The tagline is, ‘The war brought him music. Music brought him love.’” By

Twenty years ago, Michael Trotter Jr., a U.S. Army veteran and one-half of married Americana duo the War and Treaty, nearly competed on American Idol. “I tell this story all...

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‘American Idol’ runner-up John Foster on how “the most beautiful and yet the most horrific thing I’ve ever created” became his career’s “defining moment”: “That song was like, ‘OK, I need to be a musician.’” By

When 18-year-old country crooner John Foster took a risk and performed an original song on American Idol Season 23’s “Songs of Faith” Easter episode, it was a turning point for...

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‘American Idol’ judges, executive producer react to historic Season 23 finale: ‘America needed to see the two of them standing together’ By

It seems wrong to call Jamal Roberts’s victory on the American Idol Season 23 finale a “surprise,” since he is without question one of the greatest male vocalists to ever...

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‘American Idol’ Season 23 winner Jamal Roberts on the secret to ‘Jamalerizing’ any song, why he knew his ‘Mary Jane’ audition would ‘ruffle some feathers,’ and why he welcomed Carrie Underwood’s criticism By

New American Idol champion Jamal Roberts barely had time to brush the confetti off his sequined waistcoat before he met with Lyndsanity and other Idol reporters backstage at Sunday’s Season 23...

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Songwriter Knox talks ‘unexpected’ pop career, Matty Healy sliding into his DMs, being rejected by ‘American Idol,’ and his ‘big goal’ to write a song for Katy Perry By

“It’s just been a crazy and honestly kind of unexpected journey. I never thought I would be an artist. I was always just trying to be the songwriter, and I...

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Daniel Seavey may ‘never escape the memes’ of his past, but the former Idol and boy band star is already on his third wind By

“I’ll never escape the memes that have been created. There’s this meme of me at 15, of me crying when I got voted off Idol, that still haunts me,” jokes...

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After ‘Idol’ and loss, Lee DeWyze releases career-defining opus ‘Gone for Days’: ‘I really had to do some soul-searching’ (BONUS PERFORMANCE) By

“Coming off of a show like American Idol, the first thing that I thought of, the minute they said my name, after I got over the shock of it, it...

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Adam Lambert cover story for Music Connection magazine By

I recently had the immense delight and honor of interviewing at length one of my all-time favorite singers, pop multi-hyphenate Adam Lambert, for the Film & Television fall 2024 issue of...

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Lyndsey Parker discusses Adam Lambert, anthems in ‘Queen: We Are the Champions’ By

This week, German and French television premiered Queen: We Are the Champions, which tells the story of the greatest sports anthem of all time. The documentary was directed by longtime Queen associate Hannes...

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Katy Perry on how her ‘American Idol’ finale ‘biggest skirt ever’ featured 168 contestants’ faces and was created in just ‘days’ By

(Photo : ABC) Katy Perry performs in a custom skirt decorated with faces of the top 24 contestants from her seven seasons on ‘American Idol.’ When Katy Perry gave her...

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