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Friday, April 4, 2008
4/4: New Clay Aiken, Josh Gracin albums
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Quiet Friday, pre “Idol Gives Back.” I hope you all have a great weekend!
Josh Gracin came out with an album “We Weren’t Crazy” this week. Talk about under the radar! I just remembered!
His first album came out a whopping four years ago. Does anybody here want me to try to interview him? I probably should try to find a copy somewhere at Best Buy or get the label to send me one.
Clay Aiken’s album is coming out May 6. I’m definitely going to try to do a Q&A with him but he’s one of those that may be too high up the food chain for me to access for any real personal time. (The others being Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry, Carrie and Jennifer H.)
Ken Barnes at USA Today spoke with Aiken. This will be his first all-original collection since his debut in 2003 and it’s about time!
Aiken co-wrote one song on the new album, Lover All Alone, which first surfaced as an iTunes bonus track for Thousand. Musically, he promises the new album has “a little bit of something for everyone, from symphonic-type ballads to upbeat, edgy stuff.
In other “Idol” news:
Ratings this week were down about 5 percent from a year ago. At this point a year ago, Sanjaya mania was at its peak (or nadir, depending on your point of view.)
CMT was “appalled” by country night for not being very country..
Jordin Sparks does not go out on a limb and predicts a David vs. David finale. Her single “No Air,” by the way, is at No. 3 on the top 40 charts and is showing enough momentum to take the No. 1 spot since Chris Brown’s other hit “With You” and Sara Bareille’s “Love Song” are both starting to lose spins.
DJSlim reports that some Kelly Clarkson cuts for her upcoming album have been stolen and spread on the Web. Kelly spoke to billboard.com and said she hopes folks like the songs but admits they are just rough cuts. I found them online (Google is your friend.) The song titles are “Close Your Eyes,” “One Day,” “Ready” and “With a Little Bit of Luck.” The first three songs are very folksy ballads. Best of the lot: “Close Your Eyes.” “Ready” has potential, too. “Luck” is the only one which features a full band, a brooding mid-tempo tune.
Chase Crawford of “Gossip Girl” copes with his breakup with Carrie Underwood.. Yah, I don’t really know who this guy is either.
