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The wide, wide field has finally been narrowed down for ABC's new singing competition Rising Star, with just 13 contestants remaining following three weeks of auditions and three weeks of duels. With a smaller selection of singers, it's finally time for some real stars to shine and develop true personalities, a true lacking feature thus far on the program. -
'Rising Star' ABC Recap and Review: Final Duels Round Finally Features Performers in Music-Heavy Episode
The head-to-head duels portion of 'Rising Star' has finally come to an end. Tonight (July 27), Rising Star wrapped up its second portion of the competition with four head-to-head performances in the most music-heavy episode of the show to date. -
'Rising Star' ABC Recap and Review: April Lockhart, Macy Kate & Austin French Move on From Duels Round Two
ABC's new reality show Rising Star is now in its fifth week, and even though the wall-raising, Kesha/Ludacris/Brad Paisley featuring live broadcast has markedly improved with each new episode, it still has yet to feature any real, mind-blowing talent. The lack of strong, standout singers has never been more clear than in tonight's (July 20) round two of duels. -
Josh Groban, Reggie Watts: ‘Rising Star’ Host Makes Music With Scott Aukerman’s ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’ Sidekick
ABC's Rising Star host Josh Groban will sit in as the guest of this coming July 11's episode of IFC's Comedy Bang! Bang!. In order to promote the appearance – or perhaps just to have some good-hearted fun – Groban stepped in alongside CBB's sidekick Reggie Watts to make some sweet, sweet music completely outside of his usual style. -
'Rising Star' ABC Recap and Review: Episode Two Features More Performers, Despite Their Mediocre-ness
Rising Star this week was a marked improvement from its debut on June 23, but it's still not quite the game-changing phenomenon ABC is teasing it as. It still just feels like another gimmicky program with largely a pool of mediocre acts. -
'Rising Star' Brings ABC Lukewarm Ratings, Wins on Twitter Trending Topics List
Last night (June 22), ABC began its big gamble of the summer with its new reality singing competition Rising Star. The new show experienced a bit of a bumpy start, with an overload of commercials, lack of focus on talent and some awkward hosting moments. But, despite the show's faults, how did it perform in ratings and on social media? The answer is... it did OK. -
'Rising Star' Review: ABC Reality Competition Focuses on Commercials and Gimmicks, Not Singers
The music competition reality show is a bit of a dying art. American Idol, long a ratings juggernaut for FOX has seen rapid declines in ratings for seasons now, culminating in this year's barely-watched finale. Even newcomers like The Voice and The X Factor US faced slipping ratings this year, causing the latter to get cancelled after just three seasons. But, ABC is looking to change all of that with Rising Star, which premiered Sunday night (June 22). -
Kesha & Ludacris announced as judges with Brad Paisley on ABC’s ‘Rising Star’
Kesha & Ludacris have officially signed on to join Brad Paisley as judges on ABC's 'Rising Star'. -
6 Incredible Songs with Bizarre Song Structures: The Beatles, the Smiths, and more
If you listen to a lot of pop and rock music like I do, you've probably noticed that most songs are similarly structured. They more or less go verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/chorus, and in three minutes, you're out. A million great songs have been written this way, but some artists like to explore alternative song structures, often with great success. Here are six great songs with bizarre structures. -
Josh Groban, Jason Mraz, Tegan and Sara and more teaching course at Stanford University
The hip new thing on college campuses the last few years have been courses dealing with certain celebrities and their impacts on culture as a whole. The Kanye Wests and Lady Gagas of the world. The University of Stanford is looking to one-up the rest however, by having musicians themselves instruct courses. -
12 Days of Christmas: 3 Best Versions of 'O Holy Night'
"O Holy Night" is one of the oldest Christmas carols, originally penned by French songwriter Adolphe Adam in 1847, based on a French poem. The song has since been altered, and today's best known version was written by minister John Sullivan Dwight. Full of huge vocal swells and big musical moments, every rendition of the song is special. But whose comes out on top? -
Kelly Clarkson tops Adult Contemporary charts with Christmas hit; See Music Times' list of best Christmas Chart Toppers
Christmas has been back for a while in pop music. It starts getting radio time earlier and earlier even year, and two themed albums have now spent a month in the top 10 of the Billboard 200: Duck Dynasty's Duck The Halls and Kelly Clarkson's Wrapped in Red. Clarkson topped the Adult Contemporary charts last week with her Christmas single "Underneath the Tree," marking the 15th time a Christmas song has accomplished the feat. Surprisingly, every occurrence has been during this millennium. To mark the occasion, Music Times lists our three favorite tracks from that list.
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