Video: Miranda Lambert’s choker from “Over You” video being auctioned off for charity this week
The stunning lace choker country music star and Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert wears in her new music video “Over You” is now up for auction, with proceeds going to a good cause.
Karen Lindner Designs, which also created the jewelry Lambert and her bridesmaids wore at her 2011 wedding to Blake Shelton, designed the one-of-a-kind creation. According to Country Weekly, the choker is made from a late-19th-century beaded and embroidered lace piece, embellished with glass beads and copper metal micro-chain stitching.
An Ebay auction began for the necklace today and continues through 5 p.m. Saturday, according to KarenLindnerDesigns.com. The minimum bid is $200.
All proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society.
Lambert recently tweeted her approval of the auction idea with a “cool yall” and a link to the website. To get more information or link to the auction, click here.
On April 12, Lambert will bring her headlining “On Fire” tour to Tulsa’s BOK Center. For more information, go to www.bokcenter.com.
-BAM
Video: Miranda Lambert touts Team Blake, gives surprise performance at Blake Shelton’s Seattle show
Country music star and Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert surprised fans of her husband and fellow country star Blake Shelton Friday night by taking the stage at Key Arena in Seattle Friday during Shelton’s show.
To the crowd’s delight, Lambert performed her hit “Baggage Claim” while wearing a bright red T-shirt emblazoned with the words “Team Blake,” a reference to Shelton’s TV gig as celebrity coach on the hit reality show “The Voice.” Lambert has been assisting some of the singers on Team Blake as an adviser during the Season 2 battle rounds, which continue at 7 tonight on NBC.
In addition to shouting “Team Blake, y’all!” Lambert asked “Are y’all enjoying my husband tonight?” during her performance.
After she finished her song, Shelton hugged, kissed and told his wife he loved her, and he also praised her wardrobe choice, declaring “That shirt’s never looked so good.”
Lambert in turn took to Twitter (@Miranda_Lambert) to praise Shelton’s “The Voice” Season 1 finalist Dia Frampton, tweeting “@blakeshelton singing with @DiaFramps gives me chills !”
Along with fan-shot YouTube video of Lambert’s surprise rendition of “Baggage Claim,” check out the clip of Shelton and Frampton singing “I Will” Friday in Seattle.
On April 12, Lambert will bring her own headlining “On Fire” tour to Tulsa’s BOK Center. For more information, go to www.bokcenter.com.
-BAM
Blake Shelton, Rascal Flatts, Lady Antebellum and more added to ACM Awards performers lineup
Blake Shelton (AP file)
Rascal Flatts (AP file)
Entertainer of the Year nominee and Tishomingo resident Blake Shelton, 10-time ACM Award-winning trio Rascal Flatts (which includes Picher-bred guitarist Joe Don Rooney), Male Vocalist of the Year nominee Chris Young, reigning New Artist of the Year The Band Perry and two-time Vocal Group of the Year Lady Antebellum are scheduled to perform at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas from 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday, April 1 on the CBS Television Network.
The ceremony, which honors country music’s top talent as well as the industry’s hottest emerging artists, will be co-hosted by Shelton and fellow Oklahoma native Reba McEntire.
These artists join previously announced Oklahoma-based performers Toby Keith and Miranda Lambert, along with Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, and Tim McGraw.
Blake Shelton returns to co-host the Awards telecast alongside Reba for the second consecutive year. The Ada native is nominated for two awards, including Male Vocalist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year, marking his first nomination in the Entertainer of the Year category. In 2010, Shelton won Vocal Event of the Year for “Hillbilly Bone,” his chart-topping duet with longtime friend Trace Adkins. Straight off five back-to-back No. 1 hits, his current single, “Drink On It,” is his fastest-rising single to date and is featured on his Grammy Award-nominated album, “Red River Blue.” Plus, he is one of four celebrity coaches featured on NBC’s hit reality TV series “The Voice.”
Rascal Flatts has won 10 ACM Awards. They are nominated for Vocal Group of the Year, an award they have previously won seven times. In 2007, they were honored with the Academy’s Humanitarian Award in recognition of their commitment to serve others, their generosity of spirit and dedication to helping build the dreams of those in need. The group’s highly anticipated new studio album “Changed” is out April 3.
Chris Young is nominated for two awards, including Male Vocalist of the Year, his first nomination in that category, and Single Record of the Year for “Tomorrow,” the fastest-rising hit of his career. “Tomorrow,” co-written by Young, is among his five consecutive No. 1 smashes and the first single off his third studio album, “Neon.” The cut raced to the top of the charts and is certified digital gold by the RIAA for sales, exceeding 500,000 downloads.
The Band Perry returns to the ACM Awards this year as a first-time Vocal Group of the Year nominee. In 2011, they were honored with the New Artist of the Year award after the largest fan vote in the category’s history. On the heels of celebrating a recent two-week No. 1 with their gold-certified single, “All Your Life,” platinum certification of their self-titled Republic Nashville debut album and recent auadruple-platinum status for sales of more than 4 million for their quintessential No. 1 hit, “If I Die Young,” the excitement only continues for The Band Perry.
Lady Antebellum leads this year’s group nominations with five nods, including Vocal Group of the Year, which they have won for two consecutive years. They are also nominated for Album of the Year as artists and producers for “Own The Night” and for Song of the Year and Video of the Year for “Just A Kiss.” In 2011, they won Album of the Year as artists and producers for “Need You Now.”
-BAM
CD review: Neal McCoy ‘XII’
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Country
Neal McCoy “XII” (Blaster Records/Warner Music Nashville)
Last spring, fun-loving honky-tonk singer Neal McCoy got a solid shot of positive publicity when country music power couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert invited him to perform at their star-studded wedding.
The Tishomingo pair subsequently accepted the 1990s hitmaker’s invitation to co-produce “XII,” McCoy’s first record of original material since 2005’s “That’s Life.”
A collection of entertaining sing-along ditties, fervent ballads and funny drinking songs, McCoy’s 12th album not only encapsulates his signature good-natured style and long career, but also affirms why Shelton is such a big fan.
Shelton and Lambert, who co-produced “XII” with guitarist Brent Rowan, provide backing vocals on the album opener and first single, the bouncy earworm “A-OK.” Lambert also harmonizes beautifully with McCoy’s rich baritone on the tearjerker ballad “Every Fire,” while Shelton and acclaimed musician Mac McAnally play acoustic guitar on “A-OK” as well as the gospel-tinged country-rocker “Real Good Feel Good.”
It’s a safe bet that the white-hot superstars’ involvement helped McCoy securing offerings from top-notch Nashville songwriters. Jamey Johnson and David Tolliver penned the hilarious word-play of the Western swing-style album highlight “Mouth,” while Miami, OK, native Keith Anderson, Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson and Ben Hayslip wrote the down-home come-on “Shotgun Rider.” Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin, who co-wrote Lambert’s Grammy winner “The House That Built Me,” provide the album’s closer, the artistic piano ballad “Van Gogh,” while McCoy sharpened his pen to co-write the peppy love songs “That’s You” and “Lucky Enough.”
Known for his dynamic live shows, McCoy delivers another hilarious drinking tale with “That’s Just How She Gets,” which almost plays like a sequel to his 2005 hit “Billy’s Got His Beer Goggles On.”
— BAM
Miranda Lambert, Toby Keith, Eric Church and more among first performers announced for 2012 ACM Awards
Toby Keith
Miranda Lambert
Two-time Male Vocalist of the Year and Norman resident Toby Keith, reigning Female Vocalist of the Year and Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert, Album of the Year nominee Eric Church, Entertainer of the Year nominee Jason Aldean, rising country music star Luke Bryan, four-time Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney and 14-time ACM Award winner Tim McGraw are scheduled to perform at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, co-hosted by Oklahoma natives Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton.
The ceremony, which honors country music’s top talent as well as the industry’s hottest emerging artists, will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas from 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday, April 1 on the CBS Television Network.
Toby Keith is nominated for three awards, including Video of the Year for “Red Solo Cup,” an honor he last won in 2003 for “Beer For My Horses.” He also received a double nomination as artist and producer for Single Record of the Year for “Red Solo Cup.” Keith has won 10 ACM Awards, including two wins for Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year.
Miranda Lambert is nominated for two awards, including Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year. If Lambert wins Female Vocalist of the Year, it would be her third consecutive win in that category. She has won nine ACM Awards, including two wins for both Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year. Lambert is the only female artist in the academy’s history to ever win Album of the Year twice, first for “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” in 2007 and again for “Revolution” in 2009.
Eric Church is nominated for two awards, including Album of the Year and Video of the Year for “Homeboy.” Church is one of the brightest and boldest stars to emerge in country music in years. With his third album, “Chief,” topping both the Country and Top 200 Billboard charts in 2011, Church is anything but formulaic. He continues to make his mark out on the road with his raucous live shows, played for sold out crowds across the country. Showcasing his hits like his current single, “Springsteen,” the No. 1 “Drink In My Hand” and Top 20’s “Homeboy” and “Smoke A Little Smoke,” fans can catch Church in 2012 on his arena-headlining “The Blood, Sweat & Beers Tour,” which is playing tonight at Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy Arena.
Jason Aldean is nominated for six awards, including his second consecutive nods for Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year. He is nominated for Album of the Year for “My Kinda Party,” and has nominations for Single Record of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year for “Don’t You Wanna Stay,” featuring Kelly Clarkson. He is also nominated for Video of the Year for “Tattoos on This Town.”
Luke Bryan is one of the fastest rising stars in country music. He is celebrating success with his Platinum-selling hits “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” and his recent No. 1 smash, “I Don’t Want This Night to End,” both from his gold-certified third studio album, tailgates & tanlines. Currently on the road with Jason Aldean’s record-breaking “My Kinda Party Tour,” Bryan continues to prove why he’s Nashville’s next superstar.
Kenny Chesney is nominated for nine awards, including Entertainer of the Year, a category he has won four times since 2004. He is also nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year, a category he has been nominated for 10 times previously. He is twice nominated for Album of the Year for “Hemingway’s Whiskey,” as both artist and producer, and also earned double nominations for Single Record of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year as both artist and producer for “You and Tequila” with Grace Potter. Chesney is also nominated for Song of the Year for “You and Tequila” with Grace Potter.
Tim McGraw has won 14 ACM Awards and has been honored by the Academy with a Career Achievement Award with Faith Hill in 2006. McGraw has sold more than 40 million units and dominated the charts with 32 No. 1 singles. With 7.8 million spins at radio, McGraw was deemed “Artist of the Decade” (2000-2010) by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. His 11th studio album, “Emotional Traffic,” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Chart, making it his 13th career No. 1 debut. This June, McGraw will kick off what is anticipated to be the biggest stadium tour in country music history with his old friend Kenny Chesney. McGraw is also an accomplished actor, having starred in films such as the Academy Award-nominated blockbuster “The Blind Side” and the critically-acclaimed “Friday Night Lights.”
-BAM
Wednesday Video Spotlight: Neal McCoy’s “A-OK”
On Tuesday, country singer Neal McCoy released his 12th album, appropriately titled “XII.”
Last spring, the fun-loving honky-tonk singer got a solid shot of positive publicity when country music power couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert invited him to perform at their star-studded wedding.
The Tishomingo pair subsequently accepted the 1990s hitmaker’s invitation to co-produce “XII,” McCoy’s first record of original material since 2005′s “That’s Life.”
Shelton and Lambert, who co-produced “XII” with guitarist Brent Rowan, provide backing vocals on the first single, the bouncy earworm “A-OK.” An irresistible sing-along about putting aside your troubles and taking a positive point of view, “A-OK” also opens “XII.”
Look for my full review of “A-OK” in the coming days here on BAM’s Blog, on NewsOK and in the Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
-BAM
Wednesday Video Spotlight: Tulsan Adley Stump loses battle round to RaeLynn on “The Voice”
A version of this story appears in Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.
Oklahoma country music star Blake Shelton pitted his two country songbirds against each other in the first battle rounds on “The Voice” Season 2.
Tulsan Adley Stump, a 22-year-old recent Oklahoma State University graduate, was matched against RaeLynn, a 17-year-old Texas farm girl, to sing Tom Petty’s iconic hit “Free Fallin’” as the second phase of NBC’s hit reality singing contest began Monday night.
Shelton, who lives in Tishomingo, tapped “American Idol” winner Kelly Clarkson to help him coach Stump, while his wife and fellow country star Miranda Lambert worked with RaeLynn.
At the end of the vocal duel, Shelton’s fellow coaches praised both singers, but Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green all gave the advantage to Stump for her vocal powerful and experience. Adam Levine gave the edge to RaeLynn for her more unique performance.
But the final decision rested with Shelton as their coach:
“This is really tough for me, but the winner of this battle for me is RaeLynn,” he declared.
Stump handled the defeat graciously:
“Blake, I look up to you and I hope I made you proud tonight. It’s been the best experience of my life to be on your team and learn from you. Thank you for believing in me.”
Shelton expressed confidence that Stump, who has moved to Nashville, Tenn., and already has released an EP on Force Majeure Music, would still go far with her music career.
“Her personality is gonna take her so far, and once she’s mastered the passion and emotion, she’ll be unstoppable,” Shelton said on the show.
The Ada native echoed those sentiments on his well-known Twitter feed (@blakeshelton):
“@adleystump your personality and talent can light up a whole room. I’m so happy we were able to work together. Keep it up!”
Last season, Shelton said in interviews that picking between his team members in the battle rounds was the toughest part of working as a coach on “The Voice.” He repeated that notion when a Twitter follower complained Tuesday about his cutting Stump.
“I love @AdleyStump too,” Shelton tweeted in response. “Battles suck!!”
RaeLynn, who graduated high school two years early from her hometown of Baytown, Texas, to pursue her musical ambitions in Los Angeles, became the first member of Team Blake to advance to the live performance rounds.
Each of the four teams will have six members compete in the show’s final phase.
In his team’s second battle round of Monday night, Shelton pitted rockers Brian Fuente and Jordis Unga and assigned them Alanis Morissette’s smash “Ironic.” Although he expressed dissatisfaction with both performers, the Ada native ultimately chose Unga to advance to the live shows.
The battle rounds will continue at 7 p.m. Monday on NBC.
-BAM
New releases for March 6, 2012: Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton co-produce Neal McCoy’s new CD “XII”; “Footloose” remake dances onto DVD
From left, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert and Neal McCoy
Country music power couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, who live in Tishomingo, asked Neal McCoy to perform at their wedding. He responded with his own invitation, asking the couple to co-produce with Brent Rowan his first album of new material since 2005. The result, “XII,” is out today on Blaster Records; look for my review in the coming days.
Shelton also leaves his mark on the new movies out this week, covering the title theme for the remake of the 1980s dance drama “Footloose.”
Here is a list of new CDs, DVDs and books out this week, from Amazon.com and VideoETA.com:
CDs
Neal McCoy, “XII.”
Bruce Springsteen, “Wrecking Ball.”
Idina Menzel, “Live Barefoot at the Symphony.”
Todd Snider, “Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables.”
Fleetwood Mac, “Go Your Own Way: Live 1977.”
Andrew Bird, “Break It Yourself.”
Fireflight, “Now.”
The Magnetic Fields, “Love at the Bottom of the Sea.”
Kaiser Chiefs, “Start the Revolution Without Me.”
DVDs
Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2
Columbus Circle
Footloose
Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season
Jack and Jill
The Lie
Like Crazy
My Future Boyfriend
New York Giants: Super Bowl XLVI Champions
Senna
Tennessee Tuxedo & His Tales: Complete Collection
Tooth Fairy 2
Wyatt Earp’s Revenge
Books
Don’t Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench by Mark Titus
Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James
The Magic (The Secret) by Rhonda Byrne
Doing More with Less: The New Way to Wealth by Bruce Piasecki
Mass Effect 3 Collector’s Edition: Prima Official Game Guide by Fernando Bueno, Alex Musa
The Digital Photography Book, Part 4 by Scott Kelby
Free Will by Sam Harris
The Thief (An Isaac Bell Adventure) by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott
-BAM
Oklahoma singer Adley Stump eliminated from “The Voice”
Adley Stump
Oklahoma country music star Blake Shelton pitted his two country songbirds against each other in the first battle rounds on “The Voice” Season 2.
Tulsan Adley Stump, a 22-year-old recent Oklahoma State University graduate, was pitted against RaeLynn, a 17-year-old Texas farm girl, to sing Tom Petty’s iconic hit “Free Fallin’” as the second phase of NBC’s hit reality singing contest began Monday night (tonight).
Shelton, who lives in Tishomingo, tapped “American Idol” winner Kelly Clarkson to help him coach Stump, while his wife and fellow country star Miranda Lambert worked with RaeLynn.
At the end of the vocal duel, Shelton’s fellow coaches praised both singers, but Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green all gave the advantage to Stump for her vocal powerful and experience. Adam Levine gave the edge to RaeLynn for her more unique performance.
But the final decision rested with Shelton as their coach:
“This is really tough for me, but the winner of this battle for me is RaeLynn,” he declared.
Stump handled the defeat graciously:
“Blake, I look up to you and I hope I made you proud tonight. It’s been the best experience of my life to be on your team and learn from you. Thank you for believing in me.”
Shelton expressed confidence that Stump, who has moved to Nashville, Tenn., and already has released an EP on Force Majeure Music, would still go far with her music career.
“Her personality is gonna take her so far, and once she’s mastered the passion and emotion, she’ll be unstoppable,” Shelton said on the show.
RaeLynn, who graduated high school two years early from her hometown of Baytown, Texas, to pursue her musical ambitions in Los Angeles, became the first member of Team Blake to advance to the live performance rounds. Each of the four teams will have six members compete in the show’s final phase.
In his team’s second battle round of the night, Shelton pitted rockers Brian Fuente and Jordis Unga and assigned them Alanis Morissette’s smash “Ironic.” Although he expressed dissatisfaction with both performers, the Ada native ultimately chose Unga to advance to the live shows.
-BAM
Adley Stump finding her ‘Voice’ with Team Blake
From Monday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.
Adley Stump finding her ‘Voice’ with Team Blake
The aspiring Tulsa singer, 22, is competing on Oklahoma country music superstar Blake Shelton’s team on NBC’s hit reality TV show.
In less than a year, Tulsa singer-songwriter Adley Stump has graduated from Oklahoma State University, moved to Nashville, released her first country EP and most recently, joined Blake Shelton’s team on “The Voice.”
“It really was all jam-packed in there. I won a contest the end of my junior year, had summer break, came back my senior year and I was like, “All right. I want to do this,’” Stump said in a conference call last Tuesday, the day after she first appeared on the hit TV singing contest.
“You know, I was looking for cubicle jobs in public relations my senior year and just playing in a saloon for fun, and never, ever, ever knew where this would lead.”
On last week’s final blind audition episode of the NBC reality show’s second season, Stump, 22, belted a feisty cover of Checotah native Carrie Underwood’s smash “Last Name” that got Shelton and pop songstress Christina Aguilera to swivel their giant red chairs, indicating they both wanted her for their teams.
Shelton, the outspoken country superstar from Tishomingo, and Aguilera, the sassy Grammy winner whom Stump said she grew up admiring, engaged in a pitched verbal battle, each hoping to make her the 12th and final member of their singing team. In the end, Stump said on the show that she had to “go with my heart” and join Team Blake, and she told me during the next day’s teleconference that his Sooner State and country music roots played a big part in her decision.
“I knew if it came down to Blake and Christina — if I was blessed enough to have that option, and that in fact was exactly what happened — I knew I wanted Blake from the beginning, not just because of how much I believed he could help me vocally, but also because of who he is and what he stands for. You know, Blake doesn’t let anybody else define who he is or what he does, and that’s what I wanted to surround myself with,” Stump said.
Newfound talent
On the show, Stump’s mother told “The Voice” host Carson Daly that she saw the first signs her daughter had musical talent when Adley was 2 years old and would croon the ABCs for Skittles during potty training.
“My mom, as you all saw … obviously, she’s crazy. She’s a fireball, and you know, you saw my face, I was like, ‘Mom!’” Stump said with a laugh, reminding journalists that her mother gave Daly a leaping “spider-monkeyed” hug during the show that the host later blogged about on the Entertainment Weekly website.
“I don’t think she really thought I could sing when I was 2. … I mean, this has been a whole shock for our whole family.”
Stump actually didn’t start singing until she was an OSU junior, and it was a challenge from her sorority sisters in Pi Beta Phi got Stump to give singing a try.
“Music has always been a driving force in my life, and this was a completely unknown gift to me that I had, a completely unknown talent. And music had always been a huge part of my life. Never did I dream big enough to think that I could ever give it back,” she said.
“I had done choreography my whole life. I was doing choreography for my sorority. They basically dared me to try out for the solo part for this show that I was choreographing, and I’ll take a dare from anybody, so you know, I did it,” she said with a laugh. “And I think everybody was kind of shocked at how it sounded. I was kind of shocked by how it sounded, and they ended up giving me the part and I went on to win an award across Oklahoma State with it.
“And I felt like this torch had been lit in my heart that I just needed to go start a wildfire with. I’d been a performer my whole life but I’d never let myself sing.”
When she returned for her senior year, she started singing weekly at Willie’s Saloon in Stillwater.
“I found ‘The Voice’ because I was a broke college student, and I thought, ‘man, I’m broke. I need to go be on “Jeopardy!”’ So I Googled how to be on ‘Jeopardy!’, and there was a list of reality shows pulled up. I found ‘The Voice’ on there, and I saw auditions in Nashville at the time I was interested, and I was like, “Oh, I was always wanted to go to Nashville,” she said.
“So I hopped in the car, drove through the night, and auditioned on a whim. I didn’t expect this. I did not expect this. and you know, this is just I was going left and God said, ‘No, you’re going right.’ And I’m just trying to hold on and be the best version of myself to fill this role that I feel like I’ve been given to play.”
Moving to Music City
In the meantime, Stump graduated in May 2011 and got a chance to make a real move to Nashville, Tenn., and pursue her country music dreams in Music City.
“I was playing in that saloon about once a month … just goofing off for my friends. And we were able to gather a huge crowd, but it was all in good fun. And then my mom put a video on the Internet and an investor in Nashville saw it,” she said.
“I got an offer to move here with an artist development deal, publishing and smaller record deal from a private company about a month before I graduated. … I moved out here to Nashville and ‘The Voice’ started almost right away.”
Back in December, Stump released her first EP, a seven-song album titled “Like a Lady” on Force Majeure Music.
“I knew ‘The Voice’ was coming, and I wanted to have something available to show people. You know, when you’re on TV, that’s not always the best representation of yourself, and it’s not always the full representation of yourself,” she said.
“I wanted to be able to show people, hey, I can write. And hey, this is kind of what I sound like and this is what I’m going through,” she said. “My producer … says that every project is like a time stamp in history for who you were at that moment in time. And looking back now, he couldn’t have been more accurate.”
Next on ‘The Voice’
When he picked Stump for his team, Shelton told her, “It was like, man, is this girl as powerful as I think she is? And man, I think you’re great.”
‘The Voice,’ which airs at 7 p.m. Mondays on NBC, is moving this week into its battle rounds, in which the coaches pit pairs of their team members in vocal duels and then chose a winner to advance to the final phase of competition, the live round. During the battle rounds, the coaches each bring in two celebrity advisers to work with their team; Shelton’s wife and fellow country star Miranda Lambert and “American Idol” winner Kelly Clarkson will help train Team Blake.
While she couldn’t talk much about the battle rounds, Stump said she is using her time on ‘The Voice’ to focus on becoming a better singer.
“I came on this show so new. All of this is so new, I feel like I’m learning how to be an artist, how to grow vocally as I’m going through this process. And part of that is me challenging myself,” she said.
“I feel like America’s getting to watch me grow up and learn how to be a singer.”
ON TV
“The Voice” airs at 7 p.m. Mondays on NBC (KFOR-4 in Oklahoma City). Follow Adley Stump’s progress on the show here on BAM’s Blog.
-BAM
