The teen music scene is crowded with new budding stars. Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, and Demi Lovato all spring to mind when you think of what’s hot in teen pop. But they’re all about to fade into the background–or at least they’ll want to out of sheer intimidation–when Australian-born Gabriella Cilmi hits the US.
While most of […]

She grew up singing and dancing on the small Caribbean island of Barbados. She was discovered by famed record producers Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken who helped get her heard by the big wigs at Universal Music. Sound familiar? It should, but if you think this is Rihanna’s story, you’re wrong. Meet Shontelle.
Shontelle’s story may sound a bit […]

Jive Records has found the recipe for the perfect modern day female rocker in their newest it-girl. Add one part Stevie Nicks, another part Melissa Etheridge and add a pinch of Kelly Clarkson to sweeten the taste for the pop market. Blend it all together and you’ll get Lesley Roy.
The 21-year-old blonde-haired rocker grew up in Dublin, Ireland honing her […]

Nashville-based singer/songwriter Erin McCarley is being very misleading in the title track for her album Love, Save the Empty, being released on Universal Republic this fall. In the very first line she sings: “Little girls don’t know how to be sweet girls/Momma didn’t teach me,” When, in fact, she was raised in a happy home […]

Importing goods. It’s the American way. Automobile parts, toys, oil, great musicians. It’s what we do and we’re not stopping anytime soon. Another great import from Europe is making her debut in the U.S. in a major way this week. Her name is Amy MacDonald.
Her debut album on Decca Records, This is the Life, is […]

Jon McLaughlin, best known for the song “So Close” from the Disney movie Enchanted, is a 25-year-old singer/songwriter with all the qualities for a hit maker. When “So Close” hit the big screen, it propelled his first album, Indiana, to the number one spot on Amazon’s Movers & Shakers list. The single “Beautiful Disaster” was […]

An epidemic has hit the United States and not since the Spice Girls in 1996 have Americans been hit so hard. That epidemic is the new British explosion of the “New-Amy’s.” Just in case you’ve been living in a cave for the past year and a half, that Amy is Amy Winehouse, the singer with […]

“It really was the scariest thing you could ever tell an 18-year-old is that ‘You have cancer.’”
But that’s exactly what doctors told Australian mega-star Delta Goodrem at the height of her success in 2003. Having just come off of a successful multi-platinum debut album, “Innocent Eyes,” in Australia, the UK, and Japan, Delta, in the middle of […]

Upon first listen, I was convinced Charlotte Sometimes was another British import. Her velvety voice called to mind one of my favorite British newcomers, Adele. Her razor sharp witty songwriting reminded me of Lily Allen and Kate Nash. But, finally, score one for the home-team; she’s American-made.
 
This Wall, New Jersey native’s influences are all over the […]

She’s the #7 most subscribed to musician on YouTube but most of you probably never heard of her. Her name is Marié Digby (pronounced Mar-ee-AY). The 24-year-old Japanese/Irish beauty from California made a huge splash last year when she took to YouTube to tape herself singing Rihanna’s massive hit “Umbrella.” The video caught on like wildfire, […]