Jessica Sanchez announced in New York that she has been signed by Interscope. Here Yahoo Music's Lyndsey Parker talks about Jessica's new single "Fairytale:"
Personally, I don't understand why they couldn't make the music a bit funkier given Jessica's R&B vibe. I know they're looking for radio play, but how about even a more Gwen Stefani edge to it?
Phillip Phillips' "Home" is very popular because people can relate to it. Here, some girls on YouTube make a music video of it using stop-motion video:
Many fans of Siobhan Magnus say she reminds them of Linda Ronstadt. If fact, I've been wanting Siobhan to sing "Blue Bayou" just to see how much she would sound like Linda. But the two actually have a song in common, and it's not one you would expect. It's a song called "Poor Wandering One" from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "The Pirates of Penzance." That's right, two rocker girls singing in an operetta.
First up, it's Linda Ronstadt from around 1980. She skips the high note (Eb6) at the end:
Then it's Siobhan Magnus in 2006 at the age of just 16, walloping the high notes, including the Eb6 at the end:
Elise Testone did Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" during the season, and is currently doing it on the Idol Tour as well, but Siobhan Magnus does Led Zeppelin too.
Here is a little Zeppelin "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" Festival starting with Siobhan:
In this YouTube video from "Misty's Music Vlog," Misty lists her Top 5 female singers of Gen Y. Two are from American Idol -- Jessica Sanchez and Kelly Clarkson. Unfortunately, she forgot about Siobhan Magnus, the most vocally gifted girl in Idol history:
Speaking of Siobhan, here she is at the Melody Tent 08/16/12 singing KISS' "Love Gun," hitting her patented Bb5 in natural voice. Thanks to metrowest100 for the video:
On the Idol Tour, Jessica Sanchez sings Prince's "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" which I was surprisingly unfamiliar with. I don't know how Jessica knows it, except that it was covered by Alicia Keys. But in this YouTube video by user kishikcm from Florida, the guy heard in the video certainly knows it. His reactions are hilarious: