Dalworthington Gardens resident Melissa Lawson, the 2008 Nashville Star winner, performs a benefit concert for ACI Academy at Fort Worth's Pantego Bible Church, 8001 Anderson Blvd., December 12 at 7 p.m. Surely, she'll sing her first single "What If It...
Nashville Star winner and Dalworthington Gardens resident Melissa Lawson comments on the process following her trip to Austin to audition for a slot on the show, including talks with her husband, Rick Lawson: "...There was the call-back day," she says...
Melissa Lawson, fresh from her crowning victory as the new Nashville Star, performs Aug. 12 live from the Summer Olympics in Beijing. Her stage stint before an international audience will be televised live on NBC-TV's Today. Ms. Lawson, the 32-year-old...
For those of you keeping track of songs, here's what Melissa Lawson and Gabe Garcia sang tonight on the Nashville Star finale: Melissa -- Rascal Flatts' "My Wish" and Sugarland's "Something More." Gabe -- Brad Paisley's "Celebrity" and Alan Jackson's...
No matter what the outcome of tonight's Nashville Star finale would've been, Melissa Lawson and Gabe Garcia were already winners. The relentlessly image-conscious music business, country or otherwise, would have probably discarded Ms. Lawson immediately because she's not model thin....
Melissa Lawson, the expressive singer inspired and supported by her husband and five children, was crowned the sixth season winner of the country music talent competition tonight during the show's hour-long finale. She proved victorious over fellow Texan Gabe Garcia,...
The Nashville Star tour, featuring the top four finalists Melissa Lawson, Gabe Garcia, Shawn Mayer and Coffey, rides into Fort Worth's Billy Bob's Texas Nov. 1, it was announced today. Ticket prices and an on-sale date will be announced this...
I'm not a gambling man. But I would actually bet money that the next Nashville Star will be either Arlington's Melissa Lawson or Lytle's Gabe Garcia. That means the winner will be a Texan either way. Both are extremely talented,...
America voted Coffey off Nashville Star, leaving Arlington's Melissa Lawson, Lytle, Texas' Gabe Garcia and Iowa's Shawn Mayer as the final three. That, folks, is as it should be. Coffey was just all wrong for this, from the ear-splitting vibrato...
Top-four finalist on Nashville Star and Arlington resident Melissa Lawson performed last night in her hometown, and we have a slideshow and review of the benefit show. The concert was at Arlington High School; fitting, since she attended there her...
Arlington's Melissa Lawson, who keeps proving her artistic mettle on Nashville Star, comes home for a benefit concert Wednesday evening at Arlington High School Auditorium, 818 W. Park Row. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 8...
Ashlee Hewitt, the fresh-faced blond with the serviceable voice that once seemed destined to win Nashville Star, was eliminated tonight. She had the fewest viewer votes. Surprising, yes, especially when Coffey is the weakest artistic link on the show right...
One more thought about last night's Nashville Star episode: Coffey, from Bangs, Texas, did Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's "It's Your Love." Well, almost. Apparently he gets all emotional every time he hears that song. During rehearsals he couldn't get...
I've not been a fan of Shawn Mayer's Nashville Star performances since the start of this season. She was never the worse one for me, but always far from the best. Something about her came off as more shock value...
And then there were five... The elimination of Laura & Sophie, who received the fewest viewer votes, leaves the sixth season of Nashville Star with a mere five finalists. Remaining are: Ashlee Hewitt, Melissa Lawson, Coffey, Gabe Garcia and Shawn...
Sometimes you have to wonder what America is thinking. Don't they recognize real talent when they see it? Pearl Heart, that wonderful three-part harmony sister act, didn't deserve to be voted off Nashville Star tonight. Especially not when Laura &...
It was double elimination night on Nashville Star. Tommy Stanley and Pearl Heart were sent home with the fewest viewer votes. Mr. Stanley never performed; he had to bid farewell at the top of the hour. But Pearl Heart did...
Well, it's actually one note, but Pearl Heart is all about three-part harmony. Anyway, the female trio delivered a sweet rendition of Restless Heart's poignant "I'll Still Be Loving You." That song remains one of the most beautiful country-pop ballads...
Don't mean to sound like a cheerleader, folks, but Arlington's Melissa Lawson is by far the most talented singer-performer on Nashville Star. She was relaxed, zesty and hitting all the right notes during her rendition of Martina McBride's "This One's...
Arlington's Melissa Lawson brought so much raw honesty and real emotion to her nuanced performance of Cyndi Lauper's beautiful ballad "True Colors" during pop-goes-country night on Nashville Star. The wife and mother of five delivered a much-improved stage stint in...
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