Tag Archives: David Archuleta

Up Close and Personal: Christmas From The Heart

Regardless of when we first heard David sing, the reality is it was pure and simple, wonderful and blessed fate that crisscrossed our lives with David’s artistry.  And, now with this album, there will be myriad people hearing David for … Continue reading

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas From the Heart

I may be struck by lightning for saying this, but Christmas carols are my favourite part of the holiday. Maybe it’s because I became a Christmas-carol junkie at such a young age – learning all 6,432 verses of “Good King … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Monday, Oct. 12th, is Canadian Thanksgiving. So, when it was announced that Oct. 13th was the official release date for David Archuleta’s Christmas From the Heart CD, the timing seemed too good to be true. I was thankful when the … Continue reading

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Team Archie CFTH gifting campaign

When David Archuleta’s first CD was released, the U.S. WalMart versions featured a bonus track — Works for Me. Unfortunately for Canadians, WalMart stores in this country didn’t carry the bonus-track version. So fans on this side of the border … Continue reading

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To snippet or not to snippet, that is the question?

Hypnotized and mesmerized from listening to song fragments on repeat, Canadians are frantic to get to the mall as fast as they can to get Christmas from the Heart on Oct. 13! If you’re buying in bulk for Christmas gifting, … Continue reading

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People photo shoot: Teen idols then and now

The phone rang and I paused the People.com video at this spot. When I hung up the phone and looked at the screen, I was struck by the starkly different expressions of Rick Springfield and David Archuleta, the two subjects … Continue reading

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Picksburgh revisited: In this moment

Being a devotee of David Archuleta and his music is a continuum of moments crafted together into a beautiful mosaic.  These moments can be fleeting — receiving a good laugh from a David tweet — or a more extended pleasure … Continue reading

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Wizard of Awe*

I have come to appreciate how focused David Archuleta is in his intent, be it how he sings a song, or his efforts in the recording studio.   Never, in my mind, is this focus more evident than when David improvises. … Continue reading

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On Canadian Parks, Perceptions, VIPs and Heaven

So I am walking the path in Les Sept-Chutes park, in Quebec Province, http://www.septchutes.com, earlier this month along the magnificent Sainte-Anne-du-Nord River with its seven waterfalls, totally immersed in the beauty of the Canadian mountains and rivers, and, WHAM, I begin … Continue reading

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Twitpics and snippets and vlogs, oh my

Just when you thought things were awfully quiet in ArchuWorld, David hits us with a hat-trick. Where to begin? TBWY on a grand piano? Christmas song snippets? Stretchy cheeks? Tell us, when confronted with such a buffet of ArchuGoodies, which … Continue reading

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