OK, by now it should be no secret that I, GT, am a big Dia (and Meg!) Frampton fan. But, partial opinions aside, you can’t tell me this isn’t a cute picture of the sisters known as Meg & Dia. They’ve been busy on tour recently, but found some time to goof off in guise of a very famous wizard. Glad they can have a little fun despite the hectic schedule of being on the road! I guess you could say that this was a … *puts on shades*magical moment. (yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!)
When you put a bunch of talented artists in a room with instruments and a camera, the inevitable Youtube jam session is going to occur. That’s the binding theme among today’s round-up, with all the covers being mostly raw footage of artists and their friends (and sometimes family) singing their hearts out to their favorite songs of the moment. How’s an even dozen sound to you? It’s a lot? Well you better get started!
It’s been nearly a month since our last Showdown, and since everyone and their mother seems to have taken a liking to Katy Perry’s “The One That Got Away”, we thought it’d be an opportune time to have our first match-up of the year. This one is a stacked battle card with seven contenders vying for your vote for best cover. There are several repeat Showdown artists here along with a few new faces voices. Production values are all over the place, ranging from laptop webcams to full out MVs… but what matters most is your vote for who you think had the best cover. Check em out below.
Now that you’ve heard and seen them all, who do you think deserves top honors? The ever-present Jason Chen? How about lead singer of Rooftop Pursuit, Phil Good? Perhaps the sisterly team of Meg & Dia Frampton won you over? Sam Tsui always seems to be a fan favorite. However, Cilla Chan continues to show a vocal prowess beyond her college age. Paul Kim always finds a way to inject some R&B flavor into any song. Or has New Heights forever earned your fanfare?
Don’t think for a second that just cause the spotlight has been focused on Dia as of late that Meg & Dia is no more. In fact, the band has just released a new EP, Be Careful, I Love You, Stay In Touch, complete with 5 new tracks for fans of the sister fronted band. It appears that this is a collection of B-sides that didn’t make it into prior releases, available now in both digital and physical formats.
A couple weeks ago ago we spotlighted a few fellas that decided to try their hand in tackling songs originally by the fairer sex. Today, we are flipping the script and showcasing some ladies that are covering tracks by male artists. You get a little bit of R&B, some folk and even some Hip-Hop… some of these choices may surprise you! So enjoy this collection of fairly recent covers by Cilla, mree, Nessa, Erin, and Meg & Dia.
Fresh off her 2nd place run on the singing competition TV show The Voice, Dia Frampton has told the Las Vegas Review Journal that she is currently in the works on her own solo album – branching out from her namesake band with her sister Meg & Dia. You should check out the rest of the interview/article as she talks a little bit about her early days with the band and why she’s decided it’s the opportune time to release a solo project.
This is also the first time Frampton is striking out on her own, though she says she’s going to continue writing with her sister and hopes to reconvene their band at some point.
“Meg and I still want to play together,” she says. “I still want to tour with the same Meg & Dia band and do all that stuff, but I’m going to be working on a record right now. I just wasn’t ready to write a record so soon and so fast, but there’s so much momentum with the show. I’ve been writing every day, like three different songs. I want to write at least a hundred songs and then pick out like 12 that I think are the best for the record.”
In a tough and close results show, Dia Frampton unfortunately lost the title to the first ever season of NBC’s The Voice to veteran singer Javier Colon. It was a well deserved win for Javier but we can’t help but wish that Dia had won top honors. Needless to say, she’s had an incredible run, beating out many other singers and earning herself a world of new exposure and fans. We commend and applaud her for her efforts and hope that this experience will only strengthen her career along with her band, Meg & Dia. Don’t forget to catch her and the other top 7 competitors on tour!
Catch her great performances of her new single “Inventing Shadows”, and duet with coach Blake Shelton on “I Won’t Back Down”.
For those of you keeping up on the hit summer show The Voice on NBC, Dia Frampton has emerged as one of the favorites of the pack, especially after her great performance of Kanye’s “Heartless” last week. The question lingered all week whether or not it was enough to stir either her coach Blake Shelton or America into saving her and having her advance to the semi-finals starting next week. Tonight, the results were revealed on live TV and the verdict?
For better or worse, find out after the break. We don’t want to reveal the result to those not on the East coast. Continue reading →
Dia Frampton (of Meg & Dia) has just advanced past the Battle round on the NBC show The Voice to earn a spot as one of the four singers from Blake Shelton’s team for the live show. She was chosen over Serabee in what was quite frankly a bizarre pairing to the song “You Can’t Hurry Love” by the Supremes. Serabee, obviously the more technically capable singer, failed to show restraint and oversang herself out of the competition with what was ultimately a very messy performance. Dia, on the other hand, kept her cool and stayed true to her roots though it was apparent she was a bit uncomfortable. Regardless, a win is a win and we think it was well deserved. Can’t wait to see her perform live!
Check out their reactions after the break. You can find more footage over at The Voice.
Dia Frampton, of Meg & Dia fame, appeared the other night on NBC’s new hit show The Voice. The Utah singer managed to impress both Country artist Blake Shelton and Hip-Hop/R&B/Pop artist Cee-Lo Green, ultimately choosing Blake to be her mentor. They seem to be impressed with her sweet, earthly voice as much as her cute, kind, gentle personality. We’ll be keeping close dibs on Dia’s progress in the show, let’s hope she goes far! Catch her short interview after the break. (Note, these videos are from Hulu, which doesn’t tend to keep them up for long so don’t blame us if you can’t see em at some point and time in the future!)
