Chris Vetrano
From a young age Chris Vetrano was raised as a connoisseur of music, incorporating every sound, note and beat deep into his life. It was clear to everyone that knew him that Chris' destiny was and would always be somewhere in the music industry. When Chris is not working with artists and lifestyle brands or planning high-profile events, he spends his time sharing his favorite new music, food and lifestyle discoveries on his successful blog and web series, Listen! It's Vetrano, which has been recognized by some of music's top performers, including Justin Timberlake, Matt Morris, Neon Trees and Cassadee Pope.
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Are You Ready For Some Football?
Today the New Orleans Saints will take on the Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl. To kick off football’s biggest day, Carrie Underwood will sing the national anthem and Queen Latifah will perform “America the Beautiful”. In a press conference before the big game, a reporter asked Carrie what her thoughts were on the global phenomenon “Pants On The Ground”, seen during the auditions of this year’s Idol. Watch to see Underwood’s response. E! News also reported on the star studded game, which will feature many celebrity fans including Rihanna, who tore up a performance a couple nights ago to kick off the celebrations in Miami. And who did Carrie…
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Swiftly Responding
Kelly Clarkson, the world’s first American Idol, is creating quite a bit of buzz over a post on her blog earlier today. The post inspired by comments made by Big Machine Records CEO, Scott Borchetta. Borchetta became defensive over the critically slammed performance by Taylor Swift at Sunday’s Grammy’s ceremony. Swift, a Big Machine recording artist, choked her way through a duet with the legendary Stevie Nicks, leaving critics and fans unimpressed and questioning why the artist continues to receive praise for her work. Borchetta was quoted, saying: “This is not American Idol. This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note. This…
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Temporary Home
The newly engaged Carrie Underwood is readying the release of her latest hit, “Temporary Home”. The video for the single made its way to the internet yesterday, so of course we have to share it with you. The second single from the singer’s third album, Play On, is a touching ballad about the various hardship that people go through. The video accompanies the song beautifully, illustrated by Underwood, who shows off a bit of her acting chops near the end. Check out the video below and let me know your thoughts on the her new single and her acting abilities.
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Everybody Hurts: UPDATED
The Simon Cowell produced charity single, “Everybody Hurts”, will be available for digital download on Sunday. The R.E.M. classic has been updated and features Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, Cheryl Cole, Mika, Michael Buble, Joe McElderry, Miley Cyrus, James Blunt, Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jon Bon Jovi, James Morrison, Susan Boyle, Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes, Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kylie Minogue, and Robbie Williams. The video below features the radio rip of the song from the UK’s Radio1 for you to preview. It’s a great arrangement and so great to continue to see celebrities using their names for a good cause. Remember to continue to give what you can to those…
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Grammy Recap
Last night marked the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards live on CBS. The performances were great, the acceptance speeches were short, and the house was packed with A-List stars. While the rumors that Britney Spears would perform turned out false, yet again, the starlet did attend the ceremony and the night had some great performances. Some of the highlights included Green Day‘s “21 Guns” as it will appear in the upcoming stage production American Idiot, P!nk‘s aerial performance, Black Eyed Peas and Lady Antebellum singing their hits “I Gotta Feeling” and “Need You Now”. My favorite performance of the night was the 3-D tribute to Michael Jackson featuring Carrie Underwood, Celine…
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52 And Still Going Strong
Tonight marks the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on CBS and the line up is incredible. Some of the confirmed talent that I’m already salivating over includes: – Lady Gaga, who has six nominations tonight, opening the show with a confirmed duet that is said to “blow us away”, – Beyonce singing a medley of her three biggest hits of the past year, – The Black Eyed Peas singing the mega-hit “I Gotta Feeling”, – P!nk, who will take the Grammy stage for the first time singing “Glitter In the Air, – Lady Antebellum, who’s new album is setting new heights for country/pop crossovers, will take the stage, – and we…
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The Grapevine
A lot of news to report in the world of music and I’m pleased to say a lot of it is in the name of charity. With the devastation continuing to overtake Haiti, celebrities across the board are putting their names, brands, and money towards the cause. For music fans, that means we’ve got a lot of great charitable music to buy. The Hope For Haiti compilation, live recordings from the telethon, is the biggest selling album this week, also making it the highest selling charity CD of all time. Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris‘ version of the song, “Hallelujah” from the telethon is the most downloaded song on iTunes…
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Idol Informer
As the ninth season of American Idol continues to dominate the ratings – probably people tuning in to get their final fix of Simon unleash on the nation’s tone deaf – other Idol news is dominating the headlines. As more and more celebrities continue to turn their charitable efforts towards relief in Haiti, Idol judge Simon Cowell has joined in the efforts. Cowell is teaming with The Sun to record a charity single for the paper’s Helping Haiti campaign. Beyonce, Lady Gaga, and Wyclef Jean are on board for the track and it is rumored that Cowell’s artists Susan Boyle and Leona Lewis could be lending the voices to the…
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Hope For Haiti
Last night network and cable television was filled with Hope. The Hope For Haiti telethon aired last night in hopes of raising funds for relief in Haiti. Live from London, New York, and Los Angeles, stars of all kinds gathered in support. Performances by Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Jay Z, Rihanna, Bono, Sting, Sheryl Crow, Alicia Keys, Keith Urban, and many more made up the two hours of what will hopefully be a continuation of support from Americans to the country that is in such need right now. Please click the link above and give what you can. You can also download all of last night’s performance on iTunes…
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The Pussycat is Out of the Bag
Kimberly Wyatt, from the super group, The Pussycat Dolls, gave a revealing interview recently about the dramatic changes about to come to the girl-group. In the tell-all, Wyatt opens about the tumultuous relationship between her and the group’s leader, Nicole Scherzinger. She also goes on to say that her and fellow Doll, Melody Thorton, have been released from the group leaving Ashley Roberts and Jessica Sutta to join Nicole in the search of new girls. She said , “I’ve been a Pussycat Doll for longer. [Nicole] was one of the last to join. But we’d have to share a dressing room while Nicole would have her own. We’d be on…
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Have A Little Fun Today
Have you heard of Matt Morris? Ha! Well, if you’re keeping up with the Idol Insider you should have answered yes, seeing that we’ve almost exclusively covered his career this year. And we promise that more news is on the way, but before we let Mr. Morris rest, I must share with my readers his performance from yesterday’s Ellen. Not only did Matt rock his single “Money”, but he shared the stage with his album producers, Charlie Sexton and Justin Timberlake (yep, the one and only), closing the show with “Bloodline”. It rocked my face off and I know it will rock yours off, too. So there you have it…
