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Bucky Covington’s New Music Video
Happy Birthday, Jasmine Trias!
Carrie Underwood’s "Play On" is Available Now
‘American Idol’ meets Robert Pattinson?
Randy Lewis on Carrie Underwood’s new album, ‘Play On’
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Posted: 04 Nov 2009 08:19 AM PST

Season 5 finalist Bucky Covington recently released his brand new music video for his current single, Gotta Be Somebody. Directed by Devin Pense, this live performance video spotlights his hometown community of Rockingham, North Carolina. Filmed in the local town square during Bucky’s recent homecoming concert, the video features a packed crowd of over 6,000 fans, friends, and family who all roared with excitement to be a part of this surprise video shoot. The video made its debut on CMT.com where it quickly rose to become one of the top most streamed videos of the week.”Gotta Be Somebody” can now be viewed at various online outlets and will air on TV starting next week.

“Playing back home is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time as a thank you to everyone in Rockingham,” Bucky said. “And to surprise everyone with the video shoot was fun! Seeing the excitement from my fans, friends, and family in the crowd was incredible.”

Recently, Bucky Covington released “Gotta Be Somebody” to radio, his country style version of Nickelback’s No. 1 hit, written by band members Chad Kroeger and Ryan Peake, along with co-producer Joey Moi.Currently climbing the country charts, this song is from his much anticipated sophomore album, I’m Alright, to hit streets in spring 2010. Just over a week ago, Bucky performed for NASCAR fans and previewed some of his new songs for them.

In an exclusive interview with AmericanIdol.com, Bucky discussed his recent charity concert, his new album, and more. <a href="… read more
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Happy Birthday, Jasmine Trias!

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 08:19 AM PST

Season 3s third place finisher, Jasmine Trias, is 23 years old today. Recently, Jasmine has been busy performing all over the country. On August 8, Jasmine performed at the Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles for the Bahay Kubo Center for Philippine Culture and Arts’ “The Music of Life” concert. Just over a week ago, she took part in the Green Aloha Concert in Waikiki, Hawaii. For this event, the city and county of Honolulu and artist Henry Kapono teamed up to provide the residents and visitors of Honolulu with a never been done before free concert, and they asked Hawaiian native Jasmine to perform. From November 6 to December 27, 2009, Jasmine will perform with the Society of Seven at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. This wont be her first time performing with the Society of Seven; they teamed up in Las Vegas in 2007.

In 2005, Jasmine released a self-titled CD. She has appeared on many TV shows and has been part of many commercial campaigns in Asia. Jasmine has also won many awards for her music in Hawaii and the Philippines.

So put a flower in your hair and celebrate Happy Birthday, Jasmine!

View photos of Jasmine performing on Season 3 of American Idol.

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Carrie Underwood’s "Play On" is Available Now

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 08:19 AM PST

American Idol Carrie Underwoods much anticipated third album, Play On, is now available for download and in stores. For this album, Carrie re-teamed with producer Mark Bright, who helmed her Carnival Ride collection as well as seven tracks from her 2005 album debut, Some Hearts.To date, Underwood has amassed more than 10 million in U.S. album sales between her two albums.Along the way, she has consistently broken new ground and earlier this year became the first country artist in history and the only American Idol winner ever to achieve 10 #1 singles from their first two albums.

Of the 13 Play On tracks, seven were co-written by Carrie, who admits, “I’m not an easy person to get to know, and I feel like I keep a lot of myself closed off to the world. It’s really nice to be able to scratch the surface and to be able to open myself up a little more.” Carrie also talked about her appreciation for American Idol, saying, I do credit the show for every single thing that I have, and as long as they want me to come back year to year and perform, I am so there.

Play On includes the hit single Cowboy Casanova, which has already set records. American Idol creator Simon Fuller is confident in Carries third album.”I think we’ll exceed the success of the last album with this album,” he stated. “It’s stronger in depth and there’s more variety. The first single … read more
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‘American Idol’ meets Robert Pattinson?

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 08:19 AM PST

Well, sort of. "American Idol" executive producer Simon Fuller has signed on to executive produce "Bel Ami," an erotically charged period drama starring Robert Pattinson and Nicole Kidman.

The film, an adaptation of French author Guy De Maupassant's novel, revolves around a young man's rise to the top of Parisian society in the 1890s via the beds of the city's most glamorous and influential women.

Stage directors Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod will direct from a script by Rachel Bennette.

– Denise Martin

Photo: Robert Pattinson. Credit: Associated Press

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Randy Lewis on Carrie Underwood’s new album, ‘Play On’

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 08:19 AM PST

"American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood releases her third album, "Play On," today. Times staff writer Randy Lewis weighs in:

If there's a slam-dunk aspect to Carrie Underwood's third album, it's that she's handed her "American Idol" benefactors a theme song for the next episode of "Idol Gives Back." That song is "Change," an exercise in social responsibility that challenges the listener to stay open to the possibility that a small gesture can make a big difference.

Underwood puts that idea across convincingly — it's one that also would do wonders for her music. Unfortunately, there are no small gestures here. As on 2007's "Carnival Ride," Underwood and producer Mark Bright lunge for one climactic crescendo after another at the expense of vocal nuance, lyric subtlety and even aural clarity, thanks to the excessive sonic compression again applied to most tracks.

Of course, the same formula has helped her sell more albums than any other "Idol" alum, but "Play On" exhibits a distressing lack of dimension for a singer with Underwood's obvious abilities.

Read the full review on the L.A. Times' music blog Pop & Hiss.

– Denise Martin

Photo: Carrie Underwood. Credit: Associated Press

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