Limelight Spotlight: Orianthi

It was a dream come true. Orianthi was handpicked to join Michael Jackson on his “This Is It” comeback tour as the lead guitarist. As she attended rehearsals, practicing songs she grew up listening to, she could only imagine what the real shows would be like. Grinding her axe in front of hundreds of thousands [...]

Limelight Spotlight: Hal Linton

If the sunny island of Barbados can churn out kick-ass female talents like Livvi Franc, Shontelle, and, of course, Rihanna, then it has to have some top notch testosterone carrying crooners just lurking around, waiting to break into the spotlight, right? Damn right. His name is Hal Linton.
Growing up with two passionate and classically trained [...]

//Limelight Spotlight: Cassie Steele//

I bet you had no idea Drake wasn’t the only star from the hit Canadian series Degrassi: The Next Generation making music. In fact, that place is like a less annoying version of Disney pumping out musicians with music that doesn’t make you want to chop your head off in annoyance (no offense to the [...]

//Limelight Spotlight: Livvi Franc//

Score another point for Barbados. The small Caribbean island that many people never even heard of until recent years is fast becoming the place to find superior female pop talent.
First there was megastar Rihanna, the modelesque beauty with the unmistakable voice and insane sense of style. Then came Shontelle, the versatile chanteuse that had us all [...]

//Limelight Spotlight: Tiffany Giardina//

What’s the perfect way to enter the world of teen Pop/Rock? With a one-two punch! 15-year-old Tiffany Giardina did just that when she debuted not one, but two songs on the soundtrack to the popular DVD Another Cinderella Story–that just happens to star Disney teen royalty Selena Gomez. Not a bad way to make an [...]

//Limelight Spotlight: Melanie Fiona//

 
25-year-old Melanie Fiona is not your average modern day R&B star. In a world where auto-tune rules and wearing the hottest new Louboutin boots makes you a huge star, Melanie emerges as one of those rare gems that will shine on her enormous talent alone–OK, so it doesn’t hurt that the Canadian-born Fiona is also drop-dead-gorgeous.
Melanie decided to name [...]

//Limelight Spotlight: Gabriella Cilmi//

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 [...]

//Limelight Spotlight: Shontelle//

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 [...]

//Limelight Spotlight: Lesley Roy//

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 [...]

//Limelight Spotlight: Erin McCarley//

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 [...]

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