CNN’s “The Fourth in America” Live Show

[Jazz+]

CNN’s “The Fourth in America” will feature musical performances from Bebe Rexha, The Kid LAROI, The Killers, The Goo Goo Dolls, Kane Brown, T-Pain, Bleachers, Keith Urban, Ashanti, REO Speedwagon, Chris Young, Yellowcard, Ben Platt, Boys Like Girls and En Vogue. The special will also include an ensemble performance by The United States Air Force Band.

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I just tuned in and watched Kid Laroi and Charly Carpy do "The Stay." I thought Charlie was cuter.

 

Now it's Ashanti, and she's putting me to sleep. The melody, lyrics, and harmony are not much. Seeing the fans get so into it is more interesting.

 

Now it's "Boys Like Girls" a rock band...so so

 

Now... Gavin DeGraw's singing and playing a KORG DIGITAL piano with the US Army Band on "I Don't Want to Be."  This I like, good energy all around. It has catch melodies and good harmonies. The drummer has a good energy. And there are real horns! This is like a breath of fresh air compared to the previous acts, IMO.

[Bill H.]

I caught a bit of Kid Laroi. Auto-tune was so maxed out that his screams, shouts, and whoops came out in a diatonic scale. 

[BluesB3]

I usually watch the PBS show. It's normally a symphony orchestra with a pops type program with a couple of quality vocalists. 

 

This year's performance came off like a third rate Branson show. Not that the musicians were bad, but the whole staging and concept were cheesy 😞.  The audio mix was horrendous.