Fantasia Barrino

By El Bicho Yet, Asia found them cutting some of the excesses of the genre to make music more pop radio friendly. They succeeded as their debut album hit #1 on the Billboard album charts, propelled by the hit single, “Heat of the Moment,” which continues to stay a fixture of pop culture through South Par...

By Larry Sakin Their latest effort Fantasia: Live In Tokyo is a pleasant, but uncreative piece of retro chic. The album features the original lineup of Howe, Wetton, Downes, and Palmer all of whom have kept their chops up through the years. The music here is very clean, the recording extremely crisp. Music...

By Kaonashi For the third time, LaKisha chose a song that was sung by a former AI contestant. I'm willing to bet that what "inspired" her to pick this song was the hope that in singing AI winners' songs, some of that magic or what have you may rub off on her. This time it's Fantasia's "I Believe", and personal...

By tink Big doin's on American Idol this week and this time we're not talking about the first viewer voting shows of season six. Yesterday, FOX released several statements in conjunction with the show.Tuesday night host Ryan Seacrest mentioned that there would be a surprise guest on Thursday nig...