USA TODAY is promoting Nashville tourism thru their travel page titled Destinations and the photo used to promote the story features one of our Rising Star finalist from 2009 Nichole Rapisardi.
Nichole Rapisardi and West Butler perform on stage At Tootsies Orchid Lounge, Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn. As the CMA Music Festival kicks off, business, and entertainers are hopeful that the local economy with get a big boost from tens of thousands of country music fans coming to town as the Nashville area continues …
Hi everyone! Wow, it’s been a really busy summer for me and I’ve had the opportunity to participate in a lot of cool events. I was asked back to perform at Grainger County Tomato Festival 2010 and had a blast! Jason and the folks there at Grainger County are so nice. I went to a really good music camp this year put on by “Kids on Stage” and got to work with people here in the music industry in Nashville I participated in two Talent Shows here: I was selected from the semi-finals …
Maryville band Skyfall finds voice, books festival
Most of Skyfall’s members came together through previous spiritual-oriented outfits, before finding vocalist Laura Bloomfield in a chance encounter following one of the band’s initial practices. A server at the time, Bloomfield expressed an interest in filling the band’s vacant vocalist position and was drafted immediately following her powerful audition. As winner of the 2009 Rising Star of Tennessee Competition, Bloomfield adds quality as well as diversity to the Skyfall lineup.
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Things took a decidedly bizarre turn during the ‘American Idol’ Orlando auditions when hopeful Jarrod Norrell gave a spacey, out-of-sorts performance of the hymn ‘Amazing Grace,’ then refused to leave after being told by judges that his vocals weren’t up to snuff.
Ultimately, Norrell was removed by security and led away in handcuffs by police.
“Oh, good lord. What was that? Do you really think you’re a good singer?” asked Kara DioGuardi after Norrell’s performance. “Honey, it sounded like a lawnmower.”
Randy Jackson agreed. “Dog, the vocals, man. You can’t sing,” he said.
Norrell, …
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Whether you love the three weeks of audition episodes that kick off American Idol each season or consider them to be a slog through the ranks of America’s deluded and talentless, one thing is certain: They are popular. Last week’s two-night premiere, during which the judges searched for singers in Boston and Atlanta, drew an average of 28 million viewers. For full story
