Katherine Mcphee – Over It:

As American Idol continues to steam along churning out reasonable facsimiles of musicians. They have been lucky to chance upon real great voices like Carrie Underwood, Clay Aiken (dude’s got a voice, too bad his music isn’t that great!) and Katherine. All to often they suffer from overproduction and really crappy songs. Seriously with dread of serious repercussions about what I am going to say; I can’t get this song out of my head. I know it’s produced heavily but the harmonies on the song are gorgeous. it’s bound to be a big hit. I have two words for you “Taylor who?”

Avril Lavigne – Girlfriend:

When her song “complicated” hit the airwaves, Avril found herself shot to super stardom in a matter of weeks. As the song was received all over the world, there was talk of Avril being a one hit wonder, however after multiple hits coming from her debut CD people wondered if she could do it again. Her second album although did not do as well as her first, it would still have qualified as a hit. Now she is onto her third album in many years, with one hit already secure…”Keep Holding On” the only thing memorable from Eragon…Avril is at again and this song is as catchy as the first.

Toby Mac-Made to Love You

As a Christian, I am often discouraged by the quality of music from that genre. Toby Mac has continued to bunk the trend. Toby used to be part of DC Talk a huge Christian group that evolved from being a rap group to something that was diverse and challenging. When the group split up years ago to work on solo projects. Toby the rapper chose to go into producing as well as working on his solo effort as a result Toby has developed a musical style of his own. An eclectic mix of Rap Reggae and Rock. His songs have been used in movies…The Transporter 2… but has never garnered the respect from the greater musical population, because of his faith. Take a listen to something incredibly great…I bet you won’t stop it.