{"id":6250,"date":"2016-10-20T04:44:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T04:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/10\/20\/american-idols-megan-ruger-releases-new-rock-cd\/"},"modified":"2016-10-20T04:44:08","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T04:44:08","slug":"american-idols-megan-ruger-releases-new-rock-cd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2016\/10\/20\/american-idols-megan-ruger-releases-new-rock-cd\/","title":{"rendered":"American Idol&#8217;s Megan Ruger releases new rock CD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/meganruger.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MeganR_1-uai-1440x2160.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"218\" height=\"327\" \/><br \/>Broad Horizon Records is pleased to announce that after doing the country thing in Nashville for a few years while appearing on American Idol (Season 10) and The Voice (Season 6 &#8211; Team Blake) Megan Ruger\u00a0has reverted back to her rock n roll roots on the latest CD entitled appropriately; Rockstar.  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p><div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476938686968_11564\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476938686968_11565\">Rockstar showcases 7 original songs; sort of a cross between Halestorm &amp; Pink with musicians from Taylor Swift, Leanne Rimes, Lonestar, and Cinderella, and features the single RED.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476938686968_12726\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476938686968_12753\">While Megan just completed a 2 month engagement at The Plaza in Las Vegas with Idol Contestant James Durbin and Voice contestant Will Champlin,\u00a0she is\u00a0currently back home in Nashville filming AMERICAN SUPERGROUP for POP TV which airs on TUES nights (check local listings for times).<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476938686968_12772\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476938686968_12732\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476938686968_12752\">Her  powerful voice and command of the stage combined with her punk rock  look help her to stand out in any crowd, but it&#8217;s her genuine, spunky  personality that leaves a lasting impression on everyone around her.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476938686968_12751\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476938686968_12749\">A &#8220;non hippie version of Janis Joplin&#8221; according to American Supergroup house bandmate, Megan brings her style to an old classic on the Season opener prompting one of the band to exclaim, &#8220;the girl&#8217;s got pipes!&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476938686968_12748\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476938686968_12731\">She has opened for Joe Nichols, Foreigner, and Joan Jett  (who she cites as her musical influence) as well as sung the National  Anthem on Network Television for NASCAR at The Dover Speedway.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476938686968_12733\">Megan  continues to inspire people through her music as well as with her  volunteer work for children with special need and underprivileged  children. &#8220;I just like making people smile&#8221; says the singer with the  million dollar grin, &#8220;and if I can bring a little happiness through my  music or my actions, what a great thing, you know?&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476938686968_12734\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476938686968_12735\">Yes, we know, and YOU can too &#8211; download her latest single at any online retailer including iTunes and Amazon<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476938686968_12736\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476938686968_12738\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meganruger.com\/wp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.meganruger.com\/wp<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broad Horizon Records is pleased to announce that after doing the country thing in Nashville&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}