American Idol | Limelight Magazine

PLYMOUTH – Season nine “American Idol” runner-up Crystal Bowersox will make her debut appearance at the Spire Center for Performing Arts in Plymouth, Mass., on November 12, 2014, at 8 p.m. Caroline Glaser, a fan favorite on season 4 of NBC’s “The Voice,” will open the show. Don’t miss your chance to experience two incredibly talented singer-songwriters with amazing voices in an intimate venue. Tickets can be purchased HERE. Enter GLASER as the “password or discount code” to get $5 off per ticket.

Since wowing audience members and judges with original songs and covers of The Beatles, Sheryl Crow, and many others during the “American Idol” competition, Bowersox has become a stand out singer/songwriter whose work spans many genres, from blues and country to folk and rock. She has released two records, the most recent being the country/soul accented “All That for This” in 2013, which opened to widespread critical acclaim and boasted a guest duet with Jakob Dylan. She is currently recording a new E.P. for release in early 2015.

Meanwhile, Glaser was your typical first year college student, performing isolated open mic nights at her local coffee shops and making videos on her YouTube page, when she auditioned for NBC’s “The Voice.” The judges were overwhelmed with affection, and the world watching was smitten. Adam Levine from Maroon 5 described Caroline’s voice as “ethereal, magic and wonderful.” Usher renamed himself “Gusher.”

Ultimately, Glaser didn’t win the highly-rated vocal competition, but she made a real connection with an instant fanbase begging for more. She will be the first to admit she is only a handful of steps into a long uphill road ahead, but is embracing this exciting opportunity to further develop as an “indie-folk” artist. The singer-songwriter is ever so grateful for the fans who encourage her along the way, and ecstatic to start playing and releasing music for them.

The Spire is located at 25 ½ Court Street in Plymouth. The venue features superior acoustics, custom state of the art lighting and sound systems and original period architectural details, offering patrons an exceptional performing arts experience.

Singer-songwriter Howie Day, who is best known for his top 40 hits “Collide” and “She Says,” will be making his debut performance at the Spire Center for Performing Arts in Plymouth, Mass., on Saturday, October 11, 2014. Ayla Brown, who placed 13th on the fifth season of “American Idol,” will open the show. Purchase tickets HERE or through the venue’s website HERE.

In late 2004 and early 2005, Day was everywhere. Stop the World Now, his second album, went gold and the hit song from that record, “Collide”, became Epic Record’s first platinum single with 1.5 million downloads. For several months, “Collide” was ubiquitous, appearing on the soundtracks of popular television shows, Cold Case, Scrubs, Grey’s Anatomy, Bones and One Tree Hill, as well as the promotional trailer of new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Day, who infiltrated the Boston Coffeehouse circuit at 17, developed a huge college fan base and opened for the likes of Sting, Sheryl Crow, and Tori Amos, exploded into the national consciousness.

But of course, there’s more to Day than that. Known for his powerful one-man shows, Day connects with audiences through his charm, humor, and warm tenor voice that “soars into fluttering, high registers, but also grates with real, pleading grit,” as one critic put it. Now with a third album under his belt and even more new material recorded since its 2009 release, Day has a lot more to listen to. Come see what he’s been up to!

Ayla Brown (Photo by Michael Sparks Keegan)

Like Day, Brown is a singer-song-writer who has accomplished many things in her young life. After placing 13th on season 5 of American Idol she made hundreds of personal appearances in the New England area and developed a very strong musical fan base. She is a supporter of a Massachusetts-based military non-profit, called, Hugs for Heroes, Inc., and gave a portion of the proceeds from her seven-song EP, Heroes & Hometowns, to the non-profit. Brown also serves as spokesperson for the Songs of Love Foundation, an organization that creates free, personalized, original songs to uplift children and teens who are facing tough medical conditions. Sponsored by Hilton Hotels, Brown is currently traveling all over the country performing for local morning TV shows and ‘staying in style’. She is also busy writing for her next album, and is excited to be performing at The Spire.

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