Reviews

Last night, for the first-time ever, American Idol rolled into Oregon for auditions.  And, in some cases, they hit the mother load!  WBKR's Idol expert and I chatted this morning about the hopefuls that could emerge as contenders!  And, as he does each week here at WBKR.com, Steve shares his complete review of the show.

Thursday night, American Idol auditions rolled into Texas, the state that gave us our first Idol champ, Kelly Clarkson!  Idol has always had good luck in the Lone Star State, so producers figured they could wrangle up some more talent there this year.  And, last night, they snagged a rifle-packin', 4-wheeler-ridin' gal who reminded me very much of Miranda Lambert.  And they found Ramiro Garcia, a 

WBKR's American Idol expert, Steve Thompson, was hoping for a "Rocky Mountain high" last night as Idol auditions rolled into Aspen.  And, while we had the usual assortment of freaks and non-contenders, we did have some folks ready to step up to the plate and knock the socks off Steven Tyler, J. Lo and Randy Jackson.   In fact, several of them sang country!  We had everyone from a gal who

On Sunday night, following the Giants/49ers game, Fox aired the San Diego auditions of American Idol.  And the talent pool was overflowing with everyone from Jim Carrey's daughter. . . to a man named "Wolf," who rocked out Johnny Cash on his "git fiddle."  When it was all said and done, over 50 contestants got "golden tickets" to Hollywood!  WBKR's Idol expert, Steve

Last night, American Idol rolled into Pittsburgh (for the first time ever) to try and round up some big voices for Season 11 of the show.  So, how'd did go?  WBKR's Idol expert Steve Thompson shares his full review of the episode and talks about some of the highlights with Chad!

Last night marked the return of American Idol and, as usual, the first audition episode was a mix of keepers and weepers.  WBKR's Idol expert Steve Thompson was watching and provided us his review of the show.  Take a look and see if Steve and Idol found any contenders in Savannah, Georgia!

Ryan Murphy, the guy who created Glee, now wants to make you pee!  And, with the help of his Glee co-worker and co-creative partner, Brad Falchuk, he is doing just that every Wednesday night with the FX original series American Horror Story!  When Dave Spencer and I were co-hosting our movie review show The Screening Room, we had pretty much given up on the horror movie genre.  Studios realized th

I was driving home from Frankfort on Sunday when I heard the tail-end of a news story about some horrible accident in Las Vegas. It sounded like another airshow crash. But then I learned that 33-year-old Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon had been killed in a 15-car pile up at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Another talented individual gone way too soon.

Hank Williams Jr. may be making waves politically but no matter how anyone feels about Jr., Hank Sr. will always be the greatest. I just happened upon an article on CMT about a new album derived from lost notebooks with lyrics and compositions never completed by the Country music great. The album was released Tuesday Oct. 4th and features talent from many musical genres.

Earlier this week, I introduced you all to the genre-bending bluegrass band, THE FIDDLEHEADS, who performed last week during the first round of quarterfinals on America's Got Talent!  Though, they failed to make the semifinals, THE FIDDLEHEADS were super-cool and inventive!  Today, I want to introduce you to another act from the show I have fallen in love with!  THE SILHOUETTES are not only bound

The contestants on NBC's The Voice have done all they can do!  They've sung all the songs they can sing.  And now . . . their fate is in your hands!  Last night, the final four took the stage for their final two performances.  Each performed a duet with his/her celebrity coach.  And, each also performed an original song that you, the audience, could vote for!  So, who will be THE VOICE?   Will it

Tonight on NBC, 4 singers will take the stage and compete for the title "THE VOICE!" The first season of the Peacock Network's inaugural Idol-esque talent show has been full of AMAZING singers and now the best remain!  Representing Team Blake Shelton will be Dia Frampton, who's been an ITunes star since the show began.  Team Christina Aguilera will be represented by the soulful, raspy, p