Talking with Kris Allen

My recorder decided to eat my recording of my conversation with Anoop Desai and Kris Allen, but I'll try to reconstruct it the best I can from memory and sparse notes:

Desert island artists: Kris says The Beatles, Michael Jackson and Queen.

We talked a bit about the influence of Michael Jackson on pop music overall, and on Kris in particular. "Who didn't?" he asked when I recounted a story about his habit of dancing and singing Jackson songs as a boy.

I asked Kris about his rendition of the song "Falling Slowly" that he did during movie week. He said he'd seen the movie and really loved the song and thought it would work. Anoop chimed in that he hadn't heard it until Kris sang it on the show -- and was subsequently blown away.

Looking forward to hearing Kris' take on "Hey Jude" tonight at the show.

Full article with Anoop Desai interview here.
-ashu