Archive for August, 2010

American Idol questions unanswered

The big question up until now, with regard to “American Idol”, was “Who will replace Simon Cowell?” Although that question still remains unanswered, another question has joined the queue – “Who will replace Ellen DeGeneres?” Ellen left the show even though she had 4 more years left on her contract.

With one well established judge and one people friendly judge gone, there were also rumors that Kara DioGuardi had been fired leaving three spots vacant on the judging panel. The chairman of Fox Entertainment, Peter Rice, refused to comment on that matter which in turn gave the rumor more substance. When asked about the rumors that Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler had been tied up as replacement judges, Rice said that no such deals had been signed.

The show has been in trouble for a few years now as viewership has steadily declined. In the last 4 years it has lost a total of six million viewers and this was probably a key reason for lynchpin judge Simon Cowell to leave the show. The drop has also seen Idol valiantly defending its number one spot in the ratings.

There have been rumors that Nigel Lythgoe would come back to the show in order to conduct massive make-overs, but Rice refused to comment on this story as well. He did say that big changes would be in place for the next season of Idol but did not elaborate further. The only thing he did admit to was that the judges would be in place when auditions get underway in mid-September.

The Brilliance of Jazz Music

Music cannot be defined by any religion, community or nation. However, some genre of music can define certain communities and may even be particular to certain parts of the world. Folk music is the best example in this case. Jazz music originated from the United States of America in the 19th century and this is why you can find a connection between the two. Online radio stations provide a wide variety of music and jazz music is definitely one of the top favorites. If it were not for these online radio stations maybe we would not be able to know how many varieties of jazz music exist. These online radio stations have a huge collection of jazz music which is spread out over 12- 13 sub categories.

 

Since the music available on these online radio channels is absolutely free music there is no need to spend money to listen to music. This is why an increasing number of people are logging on to these sites to enjoy their favorite music. There are countless forms of entertainment of which music undoubtedly forms the major part.

 

Catering to the different tastes of the audience is something which keeps the customers going back to online radio channels. It is no surprise that these online radio channels have taken care of the religious sentiments of their customers and provided gospel music for them to enjoy. Gospel channels provide gospel music as well as sermons. These sermons are offered by gospel instructors from all over the world. Many people are addicted to gospel music channels as they find the music to be motivating and soothing.