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Saturday, Sep 26
Vote NOW on Radio Disney
Jason says: Call Now! 877-870-5678 or vote here: http://radio.disney.go.com/speak/music_mailbag.html)
Tuesday, Feb 24
Dave Lichens Interview
Jason is another truly talented artist. Were in the process of writing and recording his first record. Expect soul, heart, and roots, with a voice that is blessed with honesty. In other words the dude can sing his ass off and strum a great song on the guitar.
Tuesday, Feb 17
Broke Your Throne and Cut Your Hair
It all started when dreadlocked Jason Castro sang Cohen's "Hallelujah" on “American Idol” last March. Simon Cowell was duly impressed, as were American audiences, who promptly sent Jeff Buckley's 1994 cover of the same song to the top of the iTunes charts.
Sunday, Feb 15
Opinion: Castrocopian Know-It-Alls Know How to Count to 366 (One Extra For the Leap Year) Even When We're Drunk
McLovin: A position we still maintain, Lemon. (Sadly, our Jason Castro Shoes campaign didn't take off at all.) It's been a crazy year fer realz, chock full of jocularity, contempt for Simon, being proud of Jason, contempt for Nigel, good tunes and video, a valiant effort to mount contempt f...
Friday, Jan 9
Rockwall Year in Review
For better or worse, Jason has appeared on a large number of end of year lists, but for the Rockwall Herald-Banner "the Castro phenomenon is the event of the year." debuts on American Idol. Rockwall residents will behave in a slightly insane manner for months to come.
Tuesday, Dec 30
5 Million One Hundred
So - about six weeks ago or so, a bunch of us crazy Castro fans from the different sites decided to chip in a dollar each to get a plaque for Jason to commemorate his MySpace hitting 5 million plays (which happened on November 17th.) Jason received the plaque today, and well -- look! Here it is: J...
Thursday, Dec 4
Hard8
3.) Jason Castro's new management company. Actually, MySpace watchers have known this for days, but now the Miami Herald is reporting it, too: from Idol's seventh season has reportedly signed a management deal with Hard8Mgt, a firm that represents mid-level acts Augustana, Shooter Jen...
Tuesday, Dec 2
Garland Concert Ticket Winners Announced
From an announcement on Jason's Official Site: Congratulations to Lori and Kelsey, who each won a pair of tickets to An American Christmas with Patti LaBelle and Jason Castro in Garland, Texas, and who were notified via a personal phone call from Jason himself!
Monday, Dec 1
Neil Diamond Week - Jason Castro - Critics
sang “Forever in Blue Jeans” and “September Morn” for American Idol, Neil Diamond for him, but Jason Castro pull it out nicely. Great performance from Jason Castro. What ever the judges thought, Jason Castro pull the night out in grand mode. Congratulation Jason Castro, you over Hero.
Thursday, Nov 20
Win Tickets to the Best Education Foundation Benefit: An American Christmas with Patti Labelle and Jason Castro
Jason was able to get 2 sets of 2 tickets to give away to his loyal fans for the December 13th concert in Garland TX where he will be opening up for Patti LaBelle!! These seats are located in a premium location and Jason wanted to make sure that they were given to 2 lucky fans!!
Monday, Nov 17
Jason Castro - Happy Birthday, Jeff Buckley
Castrocopia - Happy Birthday, Jeff Buckley. ... McLovin - the BIGGEST Jeff Buckley fan now or ever - posted this amazing tribute to her lovah (sigh, yes I begrudge her this one) and by popular demand I've brought it to the blog. ...
Saturday, Nov 8
Jason Castro in Concert, Tulsa OK
Jason will be appearing with To Have Heroes. You David Cook fans will recognize To Have Heroes as Andy Skib's band. Andy's a good friend of DCook's, and is part of David's current band as well.
Tuesday, Nov 4
Um. You Guys Wanna Hear Some Music?
It's Tuesday, November 4, which means it's time for the Election Day edition of Random Music by Not Jason, which I was suuuper excited about from the second after I hit the shuffle button and saw what I had right up to the moment I realized that Random Music by Not Jason would have to follow Spe...
Monday, Nov 3
Jason Castro Shoez!!!
Jason posted a new bulletin on his MySpace: whats up party peopleeeee?! haha hi!
Jason Castro - Fragile
There are plenty of versions of this song with Sting, featuring someone else but trying to find an actual cover was like looking for integrity at an American Idol Judges conference. ... And finally, Jason Castro: ...
Sunday, Nov 2
The Other Jason
Last night, Jason Castro and David Archuleta were spotted out at the Jason Mraz concert in L.A. You can read the review of the concert and mention of Jason in the audience here. One of our posters, Sovay, was in the audience as well and reports back that Jason (Castro) was swarmed with people aft...
Sunday, Oct 26
<b>Jason Castro</b> - Amar a Morir Soundtrack
This song was performed by Jason Castro, one of the four finalists of American Idol in 2008. Jason sang this song epecially for "Amar a Morir." Music critics now consider Jason's performance of "Halleluya" as one of the two best ...
Friday, Oct 24
Guest Shuffle Featuring: Jason Castro (Part II)
Pining for Jason news? Yeah, we understand, but he's busy. That's good. That means we're getting what we've been saying we wanted all along, right? Music. According to Betsy Castro, a single is coming sooner than we think, so hang in there. Thanks again for the music, Jason. 2) Mae - Suspension
Thursday, Oct 16
Jason Castro - Slow News Day
If AI could do it like Hallelujah, with a dark, FUCKING QUIET stage instead of screaming, clapping idiots, it would have been a show stopper. The presentation/audience sucked a lot of the awesome out of If I Fell, so I'm afraid they ...
Sunday, Oct 12
If I Fell
once again the judges utterly failed to comment on the fact that Jason's version of this song was a departure from the standard cover. It's not as dramatic a departure as Chris Cornell's cover of Billie Jean. Oh right, Cornell wasn't a contestant this year so the credit for that "original" ve...
Friday, Oct 10
Jason Castro - New Justin Nozuka Music
Justin Nozuka made his way into the land of David Archuleta last night when he appeared in concert at the Murray Theater in....that's right: Murray, Utah. My uniform for attending a general admission concert = whatever I'd planned on ...
Wednesday, Oct 8
Random Music by Not Jason
We've been super excited about getting this particular list so without any further ado, it is our very great pleasure to post the first of two lists of songs from our very first guest shuffler: Jason Castro Thanks for the list, Jason!
Friday, Sep 19
We Got Mail!! Sucky, Stupid Mail
2.) Everyone who was selling Jason Castro-tagged merch on Cafe Press, E-Bay, Zazzle or where ever got their shit removed, including us; Blaker wasn't singled out. She was never asked to turn her logo over to anyone and she never approached anyone to try to sell it to them.
Friday, Sep 12
Castrofans United Service Project - The Book
In one of his first interviews for American Idol, before he had sung a single note for the public, Jason Castro established that he understood a deeper, more remarkable truth about life. He didn't mention fame, money, personal satisfaction, or even music. Instead, he said this:
Tuesday, Sep 9
First and Ten, Do It Again!!
Don't like football? How about hijacked inspirational quotes: Ask not what Jason Castro can do for you but what you can do for Jason Castro! Hate politics AND football? Well then how about this gentle, adorable prompting. How can you say no to Papa Castro?
Friday, Sep 5
Cleveland Interview
Most performers toed a party line, all the more reason to give dreadlocked dark horse Jason Castro his due for tackling a few unusual selections in unusual ways. His stripped-down reworking of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" was a treat. Ditto Castro's ukelele-driven "Over the Rainbow," done i...
Wednesday, Sep 3
Tour Review
From The Grand Rapids Press: Though the girls screamed for Michael Johns, they were just getting warmed up for the Big Three Cute Boys, beginning with ukulele man Jason Castro. As on the show, Castro delighted fans when he was in folkie mode...
Tuesday, Aug 26
Jason Castro on Letting Moss Grow Under Your Feet
Apparently he wouldn't be on the "Pro" side of any debates on the issue. From the Dallas Morning News: So what's next? "I'm going to make an album, obviously. Well, I don't know if that's so obvious. But the day I get back from the tour, I'm going to fly to LA to take some meetings."
Monday, Aug 25
Official Website Launched
confetti!* announced on a live feed of tonight's American Idol concert in Dallas that his official site, Jasoncastromusic.com, is open for business. officiallogo Trademarked logo used with permission
Friday, Aug 22
You Don't Gotta Play Rock to Be a Rock Star
The Rock Star Stories interviews Jason in Fort Lauderdale. Interview 2008 by ttalent
Thursday, Aug 21
Moar! From Florida
After an intermission, chilled-out Jason Castro continued the hippie vibe strumming Israel Kamakawiwoole's dreamy "Somewhere Over The Rainbow." I'm not sure why no one (but maybe me) has ever remarked on how much he sounds like a folkie Babyface, but his pleasantly wavery tenor is warm...
Idol Concert Review
a fan favorite of some, is the wild card. His laid-back beach bum vocals and choice of instrument (a ukulele, for goodness sakes) paint him as a novelty act. But after the disappointing first half, his simple three-song set, which included a decent pass at Gnarls Barkley's Crazy and the '60s...
Sunday, Aug 17
Eight, Eight....I Forget What Eight Was For
And while ya'll are over there leaving celebratory comments on his page, please -- pretty please with sugar on top -- LISTEN TO THE MUSIC. He's got a little over 170,000 plays as of today. Everyone's trying to get him to Two Million plays by the date of the Dallas concert and that's not going to h...
Wednesday, Aug 13
Jason Castro in El Mundo Boston
Jason is on page 13 of today's edition of El Mundo Boston. He's also appeared in a couple of print-only newspapers: The July 22nd edition of Su Voz, Vineland NJ and the August 3rd edition of El Hispano News, Dallas TX.
Monday, Aug 11
Jason Castro Merchandise
We just want to join Sooner in emphasizing that this isn't happening in order to keep fans from making shirts for themselves, to share with their friends or simply to spread the word about Jason. It's been made pretty clear that those things are appreciated (like in this interview from The G...
Sunday, Aug 10
An Article and an Interview
is the first Colombian finalist of the show "American Idol". He is 21 years old and has won over the American public with his talent, originality and smile. In addition to singing, he plays guitar and drums. He was born in Dallas, Texas, and he is the first member of his family to be born outside o...
Thursday, Jul 31
Newark Review
Yes, I'm still playing to you hold-outs that don't want to be spoilered. And the above-referenced panty-pelting has either been mis-remembered as being targeted at Jason or both he and David Cook got the Tom Jones treatment last night. I'm reasonably sure that it's just an error.
Monday, Jul 28
Pre-Show Interview from Rochester
Thanks to Pat for sending in this great interview with Jason in Rochester, NY from Syracuse.com. Additional interviews with Michael, Brooke, Rami and Syesha can be found here. American Idols Live Tour: Jason Castro interview
Wednesday, Jul 23
Jason Castro in Columbus
the tip about this video: 20 minutes! of Jason with fans outside the venue in Columbus on Sunday, and to Sherry H. for filming and uploading the video. Noice! American Idol: Meet & Greet with Jason Castro from Sherry Holbrook on Vimeo.
Tuesday, Jul 8
Opinion: L.A. Times' Idol Tracker
The Dreadhead mafia was out in force at Staples. It is very difficult not to smile when Jason is on stage. His goofy, good-natured attitude permeates his music, his wardrobe and his smile. He very pleasingly performed _____________ . Jason's good humor was one of the highlights of the season,...
Friday, Jul 4
Opinion: Jason Castro Interview
It's short, it's sweet, Syesha's in it too, but this interview in Las Vegas' Review Journal is worth mining for gems like this quote from Jason: My main priority is just writing good songs. Everything else will fall into place if you have good songs, I believe. That's all I'm thinking about.
Friday, Jun 27
American Idol - Neil Diamond Week - Jason Castro
An early American Idol Season 7 heartthrob, Castro was born in Dallas and currently lives in Rockwall, Texas. The blue-eyed, dreadlocked singer grew up playing drums and also plays the guitar. American Idol Top 5 Brooke White David Archuleta David Cook
Jason Castro - AI - American Idol
Songs in American Idol Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Jason Castro - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole Fragile - Jason Castro - Sting Hallelujah - Jason Castro - Leonard Cohen Daydream - Jason Castro - The Lovin' Spoonful Judges comments for Jason Castro during American Idol
Jason Castro - Memory - Judges comments
sang Memory last weekend and to be honest it didnt go down well the American Idol judgest. They thought it was not that great. Well Jason Castro was lucky he had this owsam fan base. End of the day, his fans save him. Well Jason Castro, coming week is very crucial for him. This is a make or break week fo...
American Idol 7 Top 4 - Jason Castro - Rock & Roll
It was the Rock and Roll night and Jason Castro shined through the night. He sang two of the Bob Dylan songs and he looks wonderful. I Shot the Sheriff” It was the final night for Jason Castro during American Idol and it was wonderful week. Truly amazing few weeks for Jason Castro.
Tuesday, Jun 24
The Top 10 on The Insider
And from "American Idol Top 10 Tour Secrets": When asked what the Idols would be bringing on tour to pass the time: Jason Castro: I need my guitar. I go crazy without it. And probably some books. I like to read. And a computer. ...
