Pentatonix, “The Lucky Ones” (RCA Records)There's a new Pentatonix album, which leads to the question, “Didn't we already have Christmas?” And the answe.
JUST PUBLISHED: The 2021 issue of Out North Texas on newsstands now
Feb 5, 2021 |
Each year we here at Voice Publishing Co., in conjunction with VisitDallas, put together what is
the premiere visitors’ and relocation guide for LGBTQ folks looking to vacation in or move to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex:
OUT 2021 features a gorgeous photo of
Pentatonix, the musical quintet founded by three North Texans famous around world for their a cappella hits on its cover, and, on the inside, an interview with with Scott Hoying and Mitch Grassi, who founded the group with Kirstin Maldonado. Read the story to find out about Scott and Mitch’s childhood friendship, about how they met Kirstin in high school and why they created their now-famous quintet. You can also find out about their latest album,
Pentatonix put aside covers, deliver a cappella originals on ‘The Lucky Ones’
For only the second time, Arlington’s biggest vocal stars are due out with a full disc of fresh songs.
From left to right, Matt Sallee, Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola and Mitch Grassi make up Pentatonix.(Jabari Jacobs)
The group formed by three pals from Martin High School in Arlington had won NBC’s
The Sing-Off in 2011, which came with a $200,000 prize and a record deal. But when it dawned on Epic that a cappella music was a slog to promote, the label unceremoniously cut the band loose.
Reality television may seem a particularly contradicting term when it comes to certain shows some are certainly more scripted than spontaneous but, there s a component of reality in singing competition shows that even the most cunning producer couldn t fabricate through a script.
For starters, shows like
American Idol and
The Voice feature people with genuine talent, who can actually do something besides push people s buttons and post about their lives on Instagram. These mainstay competitions can destroy careers and reputations just as easily as any seedy show, but have also launched hundreds of careers for artists who might have never gotten the chance to show the world what they are capable of doing. Here are the singers from North Texas who found their way to stardom via the airwaves.
Billboard decided to honor her latest masterpiece with a roundup of some of the best covers.
Kelly Clarkson
During the Green Bay, Wisc. stop on her Meaning of Life Tour on Feb. 15, 2019, Clarkson took her love for
A Star Is Born to the next level with her own version of Shallow. I don t have a Bradley Cooper here, so I m just holdin it down, she joked before humbly quipping, I hope I don t suck, and if I do I hope [Gaga] doesn t see it. Though she slipped up one lyric, her powerhouse voice certainly made up for any flubs.
Lea Michele and Darren Criss