Paul Mcdonald

  • EntertainmentYahoo Music

    'Walking Dead's' Emily Kinney, 'American Idol's' Paul McDonald find love and inspiration again as the Sweetheart Deal

    Watch the real-life sweethearts perform two songs on camera for the very first time, live in the Yahoo studio.

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    Song Premiere: Americana Idol Paul McDonald Lets Go on ‘Hold On’

    Americana artist Paul McDonald first caught the public’s attention on American Idol Season 10, with his sparkly Nudie suits, raspy vocals, abandoned dance moves, and adventurous song choices. After leaving the show, he continued to work hard on his excellent original music, but a high-profile celebrity marriage, followed by a high-profile divorce in 2014, unfortunately overshadowed his artist output.

  • NewsYahoo Music Contributors

    First Person: My ‘American Idol’ Experience, by Paul McDonald

    The 15th and final bittersweet season of American Idol is underway, and all season long, Yahoo Music’s Reality Rocks is inviting alumni from the series to share their stories. This week, Season 10′s Paul McDonald, one of the most eccentric and interesting characters and unlikely contestants in the series’ history, blogs about how an evening of carousing led to the very unexpected audition that changed his life.

  • NewsLyndsey Parker

    Video Premiere: Paul McDonald Unwraps Bittersweet 'Maybe This Christmas'

    2016 is going to be a big year for former American Idol Season 10 contestant Paul McDonald, who tells Yahoo Music’s Reality Rocks that he has written literally hundreds of new songs. “I didn’t plan on writing a Christmas song,” McDonald says.

  • NewsLyndsey Parker

    Video Premiere: Paul McDonald Bares His Soul in Heartbreaking 'First Loves'

    A lot has happened to Nashville singer-songwriter Paul McDonald since he tried out on whim for American Idol Season 10 a little over four years ago and, much to his surprise, found himself making it all the way to the top eight. Now solo in both his personal and professional life, McDonald is putting out a new two-song EP, Once You Were Mine – the follow-up to last year’s You & I, with another EP, Slow Rising, due in early 2016. In fact, ‘First Loves’ was recorded as a demo in one take, five m