Posts Tagged ‘Blake Lewis’

Blake Lewis, Brooke White, Michael Johns and Kristy Lee Cook say Hi! before they head out to eat Asian food.

The four Idol alums just finished shooting a commercial on the beach for AT&T…

@Michael_Johns tweeted, “Getting ready to film a commercial at the beach I don’t quite have my beach bod ready but they’re paying me so whatever right??”

And @BlakeLewis, said, “On set for an AT&T commercial with my friends, @kristyleecook15 @RealBrookeWhite N @michael_johns What a great day…”

Cool!

Blake Lewis released a bunch of remixes of his song, the most excellent “Heartbreak on Vinyl” to iTunes.

Bimbo Jones, La Riots and Chew Fu all lend beats to the tune, the latest single from Blake’s album Heartbreak on Vinyl.

Check it out…and dance your face off! (My Favorite is the Bimbo Jones mix…)

Download:

• Heartbreak on Vinyl the Remixes
• Heartbreak on Vinyl the Album

First up on this fine 2nd day of 2010, are some brand new club re-mixes from Adam Lambert and Blake Lewis, via DJ Taj’s Sound of Music blog.

I know many of you have been waiting for the remixes of Adam’s single,   “For Your Entertainment”–DJ Taj has posted five, and you can find them right   HERE.

Dj Escape & Johnny Vicious (tribal & pop remixes), Bimbo Jones, Nick Fonzerelli, and Brad Walsh all lend their dance-floor interpretations of Adam’ heady tune.   FYE might not have been a hit on TV, but no doubt, it could become a huge club hit.

DJ Taj also reveals two new re-mixes of Blake Lewis‘ single, “Heartbreak on Vinyl” from Bimbo Jones and LA Riots. Check it out HERE. Blake has already hit the club charts with remixes of “How Many Words” and “Sad Song”–I’m looking forward to “Heartbreak” joining them.

For those of you waiting for high quality vids of Matt Giraud’s New Years Eve performances at the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball game, Matt has posted the good stuff on his facebook page. Watch “Let’s Get it On” HERE, and “Great Balls of Fire” HERE. Nice job, Matt!

Also, expect a single from Matt soon–he announced via twitter, “So it’s the first day of the new year. What to do in 2010… Oh yeah, I have a single coming out on iTunes in February!! I’m excited!”

If you happen to be tooling around the radio dial this weekend, you might catch Kris Allen co-hosting Rick Dees weekly countdown show. The theme is the Biggest Hits of the Last 4 Years, and if you don’t catch it on radio, you can listen at Dees website HERE.   If you’re looking for the super-condensed version (just Kris!), Thisistaks has an edited youtube version HERE.

Kris Allen is back home in Arkansas for the holidays, and today he visited the Arkansas Children’s Hospital to celebrate a $10,000 donation from KYE-YAC International, a non-profit organization in Hot Springs aimed at involving youth in philanthropy. Prior to the check presentation, Kris visited patients in the hospital’s main playroom, Camp Wannaplay. For more info and a photo of the presentation, Check this out.   Watch a short news clip HERE.

Anoop Desai and WRAL.com’s Entertainment Editor, Kathy Hanrahan discuss the year in Entertainment in a 2-part video series. Part 1 covers celebrities we lost this year, including Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Patrick Swayze and Brittany Murphy. Check it out HERE. Part 2 will be posted tomorrow. Also, Anoop will be part of WRAL’s coverage of First Night, Raleigh’s New Year’s Eve celebration, complete with an “Acorn Drop”–whatever that is! per Kathy Hanrahan’s twitter.

Carrie Underwood is set to appear on the People’s Choice Awards, airing on CBS January 6. Carrie is up for Favorite Female Artist. If she’s appearing, there’s a good chance she won in her category. Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, Daughtry, Susan Boyle and American Idol are also up for awards. AINOW.org is reporting that Kris won’t be attending the ceremony.   No word yet on any of the others.

Matt Giraud is stoked! Last night he tweeted “Just got done with the first rehearsal with my NEW BAND!! Wow. These guys are incredible. Finally hearing how my songs sound with a band!” Matt is getting ready to fly out early tomorrow morning to Oklahoma, where he’ll be singing the National Anthem before the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball game on New Years Eve.

Blake Lewis is working on some new music.   He tweeted today, “Just finished writing a song with my friends @samshrieve and Rachel Taylor of He Is We. Great song, now its time…”

Update: According to Blake Lewis via tweet, the video is a fan video and not official, as the New York Post reported…

Check out the premiere of Blake Lewis’ new video for his next single, “Heartbreak on Vinyl” via New York Post’s Popwrap.

The video doesn’t feature Blake in a single frame. Instead, it works as an homage to 80’s and 90’s films. Can you pick out your favorites? There’s a slew of John Hughes’ films, Spinal Tap and High Fidelity…

And did I mention that I love this throwback to 80’s dance and new wave music. It’s one of my favorite tunes released by an Idol to date. No lie.

“Heartbreak on Vinyl” is the title track, from Blake’s new album.

Blake   Lewis ‘“ Heartbreak on Vinyl:

• Available on iTunes
• Available at Amazon

• Download the Sad Song Remixes HERE.

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The single, “Sad Song” from Blake Lewis’s new album Heartbreak on Vinyl are available in several re-mixed versions on iTunes.   The set of 7 can be downloaded together for $6.93, or downloaded individually for .99 cents.

Blake enlisted the aid of Jody Den Broeder & Chris Cox, David Tort and Andy Caldwell to whip up some new beats for the single.   “Sad Song” is currently #13 on the Billboard Club/Dance Play Chart.

• Download the Sad Song Remixes HERE.

Blake   Lewis ‘“ Heartbreak on Vinyl:

• Available on iTunes
• Available at Amazon

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Blake   Lewis ‘“ Heartbreak on Vinyl:

• Available on iTunes
• Available at Amazon (only $7.99 at Amazon!!!)

In a Q&A interview with Brian Mansfield of Idol Chatter, Blake Lewis talks about the release of   his sophomore album, Heartbreak on Vinyl.

As I mentioned in my post last night, the new record, released through indie label Tommy Boy Records, is a much better representation of who Blake is as an artist, than his post-Idol debut:

For people who’ve heard Audio Day Dream but only Sad Song from the new album, give them a sense of the difference between the two albums.

It’s definitely a completely different record. This is the record I wanted to make — fun, definitely my same kind of pop vocal stylings, but in a different environment, very danceable music.

What took Audio Day Dream in a different direction from what you had your heart set on?

Pretty much Clive Davis openly saying he didn’t like electronic music, and that’s what I had been doing for 11, 12, 13 years.

We definitely butted heads. I’m no diva R&B singer, so we didn’t get a long very well.

When Blake was promoting his post-Idol debut back in the fall of 2007, he couldn’t stop gushing about the creative control he was able to wield over the album, and that it was, give or take a song, exactly the album he wanted to make.   He also had effusive praise for Clive Davis.

Of course, Blake was doing his job. He would have been stupid to badmouth his record and his label while out promoting the   new album.     But, Blake’s turnabout illustrates nicely why I bust out the salt lick when an Idol claims, in pre-album release interviews, that he/she has control, loves the label, loves the album, etc.   The post-album release story typically features tales of compromise and struggle.

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Blake Lewis’s sophomore album, Heartbreak on Vinyl, on Tommy Boy records is available everywhere today.

The new record is a danceable mashup of 80’s synth and modern dance beats without the cheesy overtones that marred Blake’s post-idol debut. If you want to take a listen to the album, check it out first at AOL HERE.

If you’re ready to buy now, it’s available at both iTunes and Amazon. Must to download: The infectious title track, “Heartbreak on Vinyl” will have you dancing around your living room.

Blake   Lewis – Heartbreak on Vinyl:

• Available on iTunes
• Available at Amazon (only $7.99 at Amazon!!!)

Last night, Blake Lewis (runner up Season 6) and Jason Castro (4th place Season 7) performed an impromptu duet of the Jason Mraz song, “I’m Yours”.

Blake and Jason were on hand for the The “Pretty in Pink Ladies Night Out,” a benefit for breast cancer, in Roanoke, VA.

Jason plays Ukulele and Blake throws in a little beat boxing. I love when Idols from different seasons mix it up. It makes the Idol geek in me very happy. The performance ain’t bad for a last minute thing.

Blake Lewis’s sophomore album, Heartbreak on Vinyl, is set to be released on October 6, but you can listen to it right now at AOL.

• Listen to Blake Lewis’   Heartbreak On Vinyl

I’m listening to the album right now.   If you dig acid-washed 80’s synth-fueled dance fests (I do!) make sure to check it out. Me like!   More on the album from me later. Excuse me while I dance around my living room…

Season 6 Idol, Blake Lewis, debuts his video for his single “Sad Song” on My Space.

The video has a retro-noirish feel and appears to have cost more than than the cheapo video Sony put together for Blake’s first post-Idol single, “Break Anotha”.

Recognize the leading lady? It’s Casey Carlson from the Season 8 Top 36.

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Listen to a preview of the title track, “Heartbreak on Vinyl” from Season 6 runner-up, Blake Lewis’s upcoming album, due to be released 10/6.

• Listen to “Heartbreak on Vinyl” HERE.

With a heavy 80’s influence, the tune is a slice of infectious pop, with a danceable beat.   Me likey.

If you found yesterday’s Yahoo Music interview with Blake interesting (I did!), check out Part 2 right HERE.   He talks about mixing it up with producer Nigel Lythgoe to get his way, and other challenges from his run on American Idol.

You can pre-order Heartbreak on Vinyl at Amazon here:

• Heartbreak On Vinyl

Season 6 runner up, Blake Lewis talks to Lindsey Parker of Yahoo Music in this Part 1 of her wide ranging video interview, about signing with indie label Tommy Boy Records after getting dropped by Sony, finally making a dance/techno record, and his discomfort with being “boxed” into a genre.

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In his latest video blog, Blake Lewis introduces–from high in the clouds as he jets his way to a gig–a snip of his band “jamming on the record”.

That record would be his latest, Heartbreak on Vinyl set to be released on 10/6.

The first single, “Sad Song” is already available on iTunes. Check it out HERE.

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Look, it’s Alexis Grace interviewing Idol hopefuls at the 1st round auditions in Dallas at Cowboys Stadium in June.   AmericanIdol.com has a preview HERE.

Kris Allen graces the cover of the Arkansas-based magazine about farm and rural life, Front Porch.   Learn what Kris’s viola teacher thinks of his talent. Plus, Kris’s mom shares his favorite dishes, Chicken Spaghetti and Dump Cake for the magazine’s recipe page.   (Both sound kind of ick–not a fan of Velveeta or canned pineapple) Read the article HERE.

ABC’s Good Morning America will Air the CMA Awards Nominations Live From New York City on Wednesday, Sept. 9.   Keep on the lookout for noms for Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler and Chris Sligh.   Carrie will co-host The 43rd Annual CMA Awards with Brad Paisley. The show airs live Nov. 11 on ABC at 8/7c pm. via press release.

Speaking of Carrie Underwood, she’ll be helping the Grand Ole Opry stage turn pink in honor of breast cancer awareness during two shows on Oct. 2. In addition to performing, Carrie will flip the switch to turn the Opry’s signature backdrop pink in support of the groups Women Rock for the Cure and Susan G. Komen for the Cure. via CMT.

Did you know there were Carrie Underwood “tribute” artists?   Well there are.   Carrie really has arrived! Heh.

MTV crews were filming the Kelly Clarkson concert at the New York State fair last night for the documentary, Get Schooled: You Have the Right airing on a slew of Viacom stations on September 8. Tonight, Kelly will sing “God Bless America” at Fenway Park in Boston to highlight the Jimmy Fund radio telethon broadcasting from the park. via CBS 6 and Boston Globe.

Season 5 Idol, Ace Young will once again co-host the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, airing over the Labor Day weekend, September 6 and 7. Ace’s time slots are Sunday night/Monday morning from 10-12 am PT and 2-4 am PT. He’ll perform during his first slot. Bo Bice is also set to perform. via Theater Mania.

Blake Lewis will headline the Atlanta Pride Festival on November 1.   He’s set to perform on the Coca-Cola stage at 5:50 pm. via sovo.