The Toby Knapp Show

We broke it down... and had some real talk with the guys from MTKO about depression and the post-Robin Williams world we live in... and how we can help those suffering in a degree of silence.

This is the CHAT with Sam Smith... and we talk about all of it, his meteoric rise to success, hanging with Ed Sheeran, STAY WITH ME and it's meaning, interviews with gossip tabloids and more. If you're a fan, I think you'll love our chat...

More about the new song, WE ARE DONE, and, we hear about a DM via TWITTER one of the Brothers got from RGIII, QB for the Washington NFL team!

Joel and Benji Madden... the brothers of Good Charlotte are making some music with a new sound... as the MADDEN BROTHERS! Today we catch up with the brothers from Charles County, Maryland and talk O's, RGIII, and of course, their new music! This is part one of two!

Alias. The West Wing. Lost. This guy has JJ ABRAMS on SPEED-DIAL and is starring in the new FOX show GANG RELATED... Terry, from Virginia, shares with Houston and I some stories about LOST, JJ, working in Hollywood, and of course talks about his new show, which debuts on FOX in the coming days.

Michael Orland, Idol's Vocal Coach, has a unique role and insight into the show which not many others have. He works with virtually all of them, helps to score arrangements which you see on the show and is one of the 'behind the scenes' lynchpins of the show. We catch up, talk the state of the show... and Adam Lambert, including why pop radio was resistant to embrace Adam as a solo artist at first...

We chat with the great MARY MURPHY, the icon and diva from SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, one of the most successful reality shows on FOX... it's always good to get her take on things, the state of being 'famous' and more. Today, she talks about a past contestant who has fallen into a bad way who is in her heart... and thoughts.

Idol's top TWO finalists meet the press to talk about the finale, final performances, stress and more...

Jason Mraz is one of those artists who believes... and he uses his platform to make the world a better place... and now, with his new CD, he's set to do just that. We chat about his last CD, the heartache he went through and his new music and new single LOVE SOMEONE which he's performing with at IDOL live this week...

Majesty is just so excited about having this opportunity... we chat about things... and what the future will bring for her now that she's got this amazing opportunity!

One of Idol's Country superstars from this season, Ben is focused on bringing something substantial to the world of COUNTRY music as a singer, songwriter and superstar!

From the mind of executive producer STEVE CARRELL, we're chatting with MERYL HATHAWAY, a graduate of Bethesda's WALTER JOHNSON High School and a vet from FUNNY OR DIE and COLLEGE HUMOR AND ROB GLEESON who starred in iCarly and more... who are part of the new FOX show RIOT which premieres TUESDAY at 8p/7c on FOX May 27th!

She's got so much heart and she's ready to bring her music to the world... Malaya was just so amazing to chat with...

EDM superstar - and Microsoft commercial composer BLAKE LEWIS, who is also an IDOL alum, dropped his new CD PORTRAIT OF A CHAMELEON today and swung by to talk about his new CD and more with us...

She made the top 13, just missed the tour, but has big dreams anyway... but we talked with EMILY PIRIZ about her relationship with her boyfriend, a member of the UNITED STATES MARINES! She shares about hardships, distance, and how hard life can be when on two coasts, doing crazy jobs and living the life they live!

Chatting with Idol XIII's SAM WOOLF from IDOL's top 10 this season about what's next, the tour... and his music...

The movement of EDM meets pop goes to a new level with II 4 U, the new band which blends pop, EDM and more... they've got their new song, REACH 4 THE STARS and a massive new global tour launching in Crimea, Russia with stops in Ukraine. They share with us about working with William Hung, JC CHAZEZ and JOEY FATONE and more on their debut album...

We love CJ... when we met him, with Dexter, on the Idol Top 13 Red Carpet, we knew there was something special about him... and now, he's going to take the country world by storm. Tomorrow, he performs with Darius Rucker of Hootie, and the conversation turns to Darius' performance with Darryl Hall last week... and how CJ's pairing with Darius is "bout to blow it away..."

Dexter Roberts has had quite the run in the top 10 this season and now, he's got his sites set on Nashville... not a bad run for a guy who played guitar on the beach with his brother CJ!

IDOL finalist and JASON MRAZ BFF Alex Preston and Toby chat about songwriting, inspiration and more. Tomorrow, he's performing a NEW SONG with Mr. A to tha' Z which we've not heard yet, and he's got an open invitation to the MRAZ avocado farm for more writing and future jam sessions!

From LA for the American Idol finale, Toby and Houston talk about their adventures with the TSA at DULLES in DC. Toby, who is TSA "PRECHECK" sails through the security while Houston is caught in a massive line of people flying to the Middle East. They also talk about how Toby would intentionally try to get the TSA to "get Jerry..." from time to time.. .

Today's test drive gave us the chance to chat it up with INGRID MICHAELSON, the muse - and I mean muse in the true, artistic sense of the word - behind the song GIRLS CHASE BOYS - and we get into her head and learn about what makes her write songs which seem to be exactly what our soul would say. She's the heartbeat of modern music... and this is our conversation.

The chat with the biggest band on the planet... FIVE SECONDS OF SUMMER... happened today with American radio presenter TOBY KNAPP! Here's the entire chat... for the fans!

Again, talking with Jen Brien from NewsRadio 920, live from the Boston Marathon. She shares with us a striking moment - an encounter with a family from Arizona who lost a child running last year at the race, and what it is which motivates them as they run now, one year later.

For COAST 93-3 in Providence, we talked with Jen Brien from iHeartRadio's NewsRadio 920 in Providence who was live this morning at the finish line of this year's Boston Marathon for what is clearly an emotional day... and an emotional race.