Here's the EPK made for Kristy Lee Cook's new album "Why Wait."

Like six other people, Kristy Lee Cook has used the American Idol platform to realize her dream of a country music career.  From the beginning of the show it was obvious that Cook was one of the most commercially ready packages of the seventh season, after only the winner David Cook and runner-up David Archuleta. While commercially viable, does "Why Wait" succeed in making Kristy Lee relevant?

It's the last week of summer yet it feels like the fall release schedule is upon us as high profile releases are starting to rapidly appear on store shelves.  Darius Rucker, Kristy Lee Cook, Eric Durrance, Eli Young Band and Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicolson are out of the gates this week.

Why do country music labels decide to sign and foster reality show contestants at the expense of nuturing and promoting talent organically? We come up with a couple reasons and a solution to the problem.

Chalk another one up in the 'bound to happen' category as Kristy Lee Cook from the 2008 edition of American Idol has been signed by Sony/BMG and 19 Recordings to a record contract.