Katrina Cain

Listen to "Katrina Cain From NBC's The Voice" on Spreaker. Katrina grew up in a musical household and fell in love with singing at a young age. She went on to study jazz at the University of North Texas. When she met her husband, Andrew, he encouraged her to do open mic nights and start a band with him called TOMKAT. The newlyweds play electropop music and perform regionally in Texas. She is drawn to music that gets people out of their chairs and dancing. Outside of TOMKAT, she also makes money singing in a wedding band and playing gigs around town. She is excited to take her music career to the next level on "The Voice."

Below 7

Listen to "Scott Moore From Below 7" on Spreaker. BELOW 7, from Bristol TN, was founded as a way for the long-time friends to unwind and to share their love of music. What began as a simple cover band morphed into a completely unique beast when the band reunited two years ago. BELOW 7 axe men have been playing on and off together since high-school, and in their own bands as well, but it wasn’t until BELOW 7 was reborn in 2016 that everything fell into place. The long-time friends started writing their own music, and what came next was pure magic. BELOW 7, heavily influenced by such greats as Godsmack, Alice in Chains, and Rob Zombie, began to crank out their own sound as they shook the South and made a name for themselves in record time. The modern rock quintet has a solid sound that anyone can relate to. Their music speaks to the deepest aspects of your soul with very little effort. Listening to them feels natural as if they’ve been the soundtrack of your life all along. You know those songs that get stuck in your head? The kind that you find yourself singing over and over again, the kind that you never get sick of hearing? That’s Below 7. The band is simultaneously unique and familiar all at once, and the good news is that they’ve got a whole lot more fist-pumping songs that are sure to awaken your soul. Now, bringing headbanging your way,

Jake Wells

Listen to "Jake Wells From NBC's The Voice" on Spreaker. When Jake was eight years old, his family of seven hit the road as a touring gospel act. After years of homeschooling Jake realized he didn't have friends of his own. At 14, the family settled in Kansas City, where Jake started to make friends, discover new secular music and live the life of a normal teenager. Just as things were looking up, Jake's mom became ill and was bedridden with Lyme disease and Hashimoto's disease, an autoimmune disorder. As she got better, Jake decided to branch out from his family band and hit the road to play his own music. Now back in Kansas City, he works as a bouncer at a local music venue when he's not performing. Not only does Jake sing, he creates music, too.

Justin Hayward From The Moody Blues

Listen to "Justin Hayward From The Moody Blues Talks About Vegas,The Blues Cruise And More" on Spreaker. The Moody Blues continue to push themselves forward while keeping a great grip on the hands of the fans that have always stood by their band. On this podcast Justin and I dive deep into the Blues Cruise where followers of the Moody Blues get up close to the songs performed live and the stories that go with them. Justin also talks about how excited the members are to not only bring to life a Las Vegas residency plus the reissuing of seven of albums on vinyl. With so much creative energy spiraling around I had to pop the question, "Will there be new music?"

Trusting The Strength Of Sand

Listen to "Trusting The Strength Of Sand" on Spreaker. Seems like an odd title. How can there be strength in sand when our eyes have been fed billions of pictures of sand blowing across an open desert or flowing chaotically down a rivers floor? That's what I assumed in June of 2016 when daily writing. My pen was shouting out, "I need a strong foundation and not a sandy shore laying next to an ocean." Look at how much sand goes in and out on that map. On this podcast we dig into the strength of sand and how it has a way of working its way through your challenges and challenges. Sand used to be a solid rock only to become solid again once free of it's first identity. Those dreams of becoming successful didn't payoff the way you have endlessly hoped. The personal value of the decision you've made don't gain the respect you once were delivered. Things have broken off you day after day. Trust the strength of your sand.

Jessica Meuse

Listen to "Jessica Meuse Alabama's Star To Watch" on Spreaker. Meuse’s songwriting on her 15-song “Halfhearted” album represents the life, loves, and breakups that she has endured. It demonstrates the heartfelt dedication that has always driven her to succeed both personally and professionally. Thematically, the songs encapsulate the duality of everything, from the macrocosmic concept of good versus evil to the darkness and light that resides within everyone. "To record Halfhearted, I headed into Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, which in itself was a dream come true. The sessions were long and it was hard work, but anything less than that wouldn’t have made Halfhearted into the amazing album that it is,” said Jessica. “It’s so much more than just a collection of songs about my life. The title track, “Halfhearted,” is basically a shortened version of everything that has made me who I am today. It’s one of my favorites because the hook has an unmistakable Twenty One Pilots vibe and I rap a bit in it too. I forced myself out of my comfort zone and grew as an artist as I wrote this album and it’s reflected in songs like ‘Ruin’ and ‘Beyond the Sea.’ A lot of my compositions were born from relationships — my time spent as a girlfriend — even though they obviously failed miserably. ‘California Dream,’ ‘Brown-Eyed Devil,’ ‘High,’ and ‘Love Her Better’ are some of my favorites, written during my time in relationships post- American Idol till now.” “Halfhearted marks the next chapter in my story,” continues Meuse. “From a kid in high school who had pizza thrown at her in the lunch room who later endured an abusive relationship and a struggle with a crutch named Xanax, to the adversity life has a tendency to throw at somebody who just might be a little...different...Halfhearted embodies my full 180 recovery. It symbolizes healing and the ability to scoop yourself up off the floor — to find the strength within yourself that you may not have realized you had all along. I’m beyond proud of this album. I hope its message of strength and introspection helps people the way creating it helped me.”

Todd Barry

Listen to "Comedian Todd Barry" on Spreaker. From the veteran comedian and actor from The Wrestler and Louie comes a hilarious book of travel essays from his time on tour through secondary markets in the US, Canada, and Israel. Hello. It’s Todd Barry. Yes, the massively famous comedian. I have billions of fans all over the world, so I do my fair share of touring. While I love doing shows in the big cities (New York, Philadelphia), I also enjoy a good secondary market (Ithaca, Bethlehem). Performing in these smaller places can be great because not all entertainers stop there on tour; they don’t expect to see you. They’re appreciative. They say things like “Thank you for coming to Hattiesburg” as much as they say “Nice show.” And almost every town has their version of a hipster coffee shop, so I can get in my comfort zone. My original plan was to book one secondary market show in all fifty states, in about a year, but that idea was funnier than anything in my act. So, instead of all fifty states in a year, my agent booked multiple shows in a lot of states, plus Israel and Canada. Thank You For Coming to Hattiesburg is part tour diary, part travel guide, and part memoir (Yes, memoir. Just like the thing presidents and former child stars get to write). Follow me on my journey of small clubs, and the occasional big amphitheater. Watch me make a promoter clean the dressing room toilet in Connecticut, see me stare at beached turtles in Maui, and see how I react when Lars from Metallica shows up to see me at a rec center in Northern California. I’d love to tell you more, but I need to go book a flight to Evansville, Indiana