Jason René Castro.... Acoustic/folk-pop singer-songwriter...Very Promising!!
Jason René Castro (born March 25, 1987) is an American acoustic / folk-pop singer-songwriter who was the fourth place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol . After Idol , he signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records and his self-titled debut album will be released in early 2010. Castro grew up playing drums . He taught himself to play the guitar in college. He had no formal voice training before auditioning for American Idol and had previously sung only 5 times in public, mostly during church services. Castro performed as a drummer with the rock band Charlemagne, which later became Keeping Lions. He has stated that his musical influences include Ray LaMontagne , Ben Harper , Bob Marley , Carlos Vives and Kirk Baxley. Castro auditioned for American Idol in Dallas, Texas , singing the Ray LaMontagne version of the song " Crazy ". He was not shown on the television series until the final 24 due to legal restrictions on the songs he chose to perform. Dur