Tue, Feb 17
It all started when dreadlocked Jason Castro sang Cohen's "Hallelujah" on “American Idol” last March. Simon Cowell was duly impressed, as were American audiences, who promptly sent Jeff Buckley's 1994 cover of the same song to the top of the iTunes charts.
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source: latimesblogs.latimes.com
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source: Associated Content
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Published Mon, May 4
source: Worcester Telegram
MA And, yes, it would have been energized by the addition of a Season 7 finalist who placed higher than the 10th finishing Chikezie: say, dreadlocked heartthrob Jason Castro. That said, once the show got rolling, the ably rendered music turned what could ...
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source: Coventry Telegraph
UK - Marion McMullen later he was killed in a swimming accident at the age of 30. His version of Hallelujah was deemed one of the top 500 greatest songs by Rolling Stone magazine and it topped the US chart in March after it was performed by Jason Castro on American Idol.
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Jason Castro Has Stockpiled More Than 30 Songs For Debut 
source: MTV.com
By Gil Kaufman To Jason Castro fans, this week's news that the dreadlocked "American Idol" season-seven finalist inked a recording contract with Atlantic Records must have seemed like a return from a long, lonely exile. But for Rockwall, Texas, ...
Published Wed, Apr 15
source: KXMC
ND Jason Castro will be out with a CD on Atlantic Records some time this year. He collaborated with several people, including Kara dioguardi. Castro is best known for singing "Hallelujah" on Idol. He's recorded a version of the song which will be on a ...
Published Wed, Apr 15
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