Category Archives: Music on TV

Taylor Hicks previews his guest-starring turn on LAW & ORDER: SVU

AMERICAN IDOL winner (season 5) Taylor Hicks is taking on a new role: as himself, in tonight’s all new episode of LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT.  Taylor, along with fellow AI alum Clay Aiken, and Ashanti play celebrity judges of a singing competition; when one of the show’s singing coaches (Billy Porter) is accused of sexual abuse by a 4-year-old student, Olivia and the gang from the SVU are brought into investigate. In celebration of this foray into acting

Talking ANGER MANAGEMENT, HART OF DIXIE, and “Kentucky Dirty” with Laura Bell Bundy

Laura Bell Bundy is, in a word, busy. She’s starring as the female lead on FX’s ANGER MANAGEMENT, filming a recurring role on The CW’s HART OF DIXIE, and making her infectious country music with a hip-hop feel (and videos to go along), all the while approaching everything with the same amount of excitement.  When we spent some time chatting last week, LBB was heading to an early-call-time for HOD and wrangling her dogs (while mine barked away in the

PARENTHOOD Volume 2 Soundtrack available now!!

As anyone who knows me knows – I love PARENTHOOD. I love indie-rock music from unheard of and surprising acts.  And most importantly, I love them together.  The PARENTHOOD Soundtrack that was released in 2010 has consistently been among my top-listened-to music since I got it, and now, Volume 2 is out with another batch of songs we’re all destined to fall in love with! 

Nora Kirkpatrick: The Hidden Talents of the GREEK / THE OFFICE Actress

Some people are simply “gifted” in their craft.  There’s no other way to describe them. Nora Kirkpatrick is one of those people. Enter The Office I recently spoke with Kirkpatrick about her role in the last season of The Office, on which she plays Dwight’s new love interest, Esther. Kirkpatrick told me she found out about the job through her agent and thought the addition of the character was a twist in the series to perhaps provide a bit of

My Take On…NASHVILLE (aka my other favorite new ABC show)

Connie Britton may just be one of my favorite people on this planet.  For 5 years as Mrs Coach on my favorite show of all time, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, she lit up the screen with her emotions and charm.  It should come as no surprise, then, that in her new show, NASHVILLE (ABC 10/9c), based in and around the Nashville music scene, she’s pretty much perfection as Rayna Jaymes.  Rayna is a country music legend with any number of top

PARENTHOOD Soundtrack – available October 5

As I’m sure everyone knows, the PARENTHOOD soundtrack is currently available online (iTunes and Amazon), but next Tuesday, October 5, the album is being released in stores, this time with bonus tracks not included online! Liza Richardson is one of the best music supervisors out there – she’s lent her talent to FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, LIE TO ME, the new HAWAII FIVE-0, the new MELROSE PLACE, which, say what you will about the show itself, had great music, as well