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Four years ago, in December 2015, Jordan Smith won season nine of NBC-TV’s popular vocal competition “The Voice.” The Harlan, Kentucky native and Lee University graduate would become the show's biggest-selling singer, selling more than 1.5 million singles and placing eight songs into the Top 10 on iTunes' singles chart, three of which went to number one. When you enjoy that kind of success on such a highly viewed television show, lots of wonderful career opportunities often come you way. In Smith’s case, one of those opportunities brought him to the Evergreen Stage in Burbank, where he taped his first hour-long Christmas program, the 2016 PBS special “Jordan Smith: ‘Tis the Season,” which aired on KET-TV in Kentucky. The show, which presented a concert of holiday music from Smith's 2016 Christmas album of the same name, brought together the talents of a number of top musicians and industry luminaries. It seemed almost a given that Smith would record a holiday a...

If you’ve listened to records, CDs or streaming media, or watched movies or television over the past four decades, you’re well-acquainted with the work of David Foster, the legendary Grammy® -winning composer, songwriter and music producer who’s worked with everyone from Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion and Chicago to the late Whitney Houston. Four years ago, the highly regarded Foster added a new name to his roster of recording artists: Jordan Smith. Following Smith’s run during the ninth season of NBC-TV’s popular vocal competition “The Voice,” which culminated in winning that season’s competition, Foster produced “ Something Beautiful ,” the Harlan Kentucky natives debut album. Not long after that, he also produced “Jordan Smith: ‘Tis the Season,” Smith’s second album, which featured mostly traditional holiday songs. Then came the kicker: Foster played piano as a special guest during the taping of Smith’s first television special since “The Voice,” a holiday-themed PBS specia...