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6 days ago | 
americansongwriter.com | Erinn Callahan
Looking to discover the next generation of musical talent, The Voice premiered on NBC in 2011 with coaches Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton. Forming an endlessly watchable bromance, Levine and Shelton became Voice staples. While fans hoped to see them reunite following their respective exits from the show, only the Maroon 5 frontman returned to his big red chair for season 27.
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6 days ago | 
americansongwriter.com | Erinn Callahan
Adam David managed to turn just one chair with his Blind Audition performance of Peter Frampton’s “Baby I Love Your Way” on season 27 of The Voice. Landing on defending champion Michael Bublé’s team by default, the 34-year-old from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, made sure Adam Levine came to regret that decision. Transforming from underdog to legitimate frontrunner, David was the season 27 winner once all the votes had been tallied.
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6 days ago | 
americansongwriter.com | Erinn Callahan
Despite a notable lack of musical skill, Rick Rubin is one of the industry’s most influential figures. Although best known for producing pioneering hip-hop artists such as Public Enemy, Run-DMC, and LL Cool J, the Def Jam Recordings co-founder has also dabbled in country music. Producing acts like Johnny Cash and The Chicks, Rubin has set his sights on alt-country sensation Tyler Childers. RCA Chairman/CEO Peter Edge let the news slip during a recent conversation with HITS Daily Double.
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1 week ago | 
americansongwriter.com | Erinn Callahan
Back in April, country singer Lorrie Morgan canceled all upcoming shows due to her husband’s cancer battle. On Sunday (June 1), Morgan’s son, Jesse Keith Whitley, announced the death of stepfather Randy White in a Facebook post. “As I sit here in the room with hospice, I don’t know really what to think or to say about this situation,” wrote the “Sent Me You” singer, 37.
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1 week ago | 
americansongwriter.com | Erinn Callahan
In 1974, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined forces with Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and then-wife Christine McVie, thus solidifying the rock band Fleetwood Mac. That quintet would go on to capture lightning in a bottle with multiple hit albums, including 1977’s seminal Rumours. However, interpersonal conflict—particularly between on-again, off-again couple Nicks and Buckingham—would eventually tear that lineup apart.
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1 week ago | 
americansongwriter.com | Erinn Callahan
In 2014, a then-unknown Morgan Wallen turned two big red chairs on season 6 of The Voice. Although the Sneedville, Tennessee native didn’t make it past the Playoff rounds, bigger things were in store. Four years later, Wallen released his debut record, If I Know Me, which spent a record-breaking 114 weeks climbing the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Earlier this month, the CMA’s reigning Entertainer of the Year, 32, dropped his fourth studio album, I’m the Problem.
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1 week ago | 
americansongwriter.com | Erinn Callahan
James Lowe, who helmed the ’60s psychedelic rock outfit The Electric Prunes, died May 22 of natural causes, according to his family. He was 82 years old. Formed in 1965 Los Angeles, The Electric Prunes found success with their Top 20 hit “I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night.)” They released five studio albums before disbanding in 1970, although Lowe would eventually revive the band nearly three decades later.
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1 week ago | 
americansongwriter.com | Erinn Callahan
Mexican authorities have arrested at least nine people in connection with the deaths of five members of the Mexican regional band Grupo Fugitivo. The five victims—Francisco Javier Vázquez, 20; Nemesio Antonio Durán, 40; band manager Livan Solís de la Rosa, 27; Víctor Manuel Garza, 21; and José Francisco Morales, 23— performed at a private event in Riberas de Rancho Grande on Sunday (May 25.) They were traveling to perform at a second event Sunday when they were reportedly abducted.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Erinn Callahan
2 hours agoJudge blocks Trump administration from revoking protected status for thousands of VenezuelansThe decision comes after the Supreme Court allowed the administration to remove protected status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans. A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from revoking the temporary protected status of roughly 5,000 Venezuelans who are in the U.S., despite …2 hours agoA Biologist Spotlights The World’s Strongest Bird.
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1 week ago | 
americansongwriter.com | Erinn Callahan
Cole Nikolas “Niko” McKnight, son of 16-time Grammy nominee Brian McKnight, died Thursday (May 29) following a two-year cancer battle. He was 32 years old. Julie McKnight confirmed her son’s death Friday (May 30) in a statement posted to social media. “Nikolas was a cherished husband, son, brother, grandson, uncle, and nephew whose warmth, laughter, and love touched the lives of all who knew him,” she wrote.
