It’s not the first time an “Idol” contestant took a gamble with an Underwood song. The same episode featured New York City singer JMarie winning raves and moving onto the Hollywood round after she ...

Along the way, he took stock of what it meant to devote your life to music. “One-Trick Pony”, the title track to his 1980 album (and also the name of the movie in which Simon starred that same year), ...