Skylar Grey Performs on "American Idol" Tonight; will do "Coming Home" with Diddy

I don't usually watch "American Idol," but may tune in tonight to see the appearance by the young singer/songer/producer Skylar Grey, who I wrote about (and first heard of) at the Grammys last month. She co-wrote Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie" and "I Need a Doctor" those songs with Eminem and Dr. Dre on the Grammy telecast. She turned a lot of heads with her Grammy appearance, and sent many viewers off to Google to find out more about her.

Skylar Grey's profile will get another huge boost tonight when she's scheduled to be a guest on "American Idol" tonight, along with Diddy-Dirty Money and past "Idol" winner Adam Lambert. She is set to perform another song she co-wrote, "Coming Home," with Diddy (UPDATE: you can see the video above). Skylar Grey has been getting more attention in the press lately, too, including a profile in Billboard and a story in USA Today.

Speaking of "American Idol," apparently alt-country singer-songwriter Ryan Adams got some exposure on the show last night when contestant Paul McDonald sang his "Come Pick Me Up." And yes, "Ryan Adams" became a trending topic on Google last night. One person who needs to learn more about Adams is "Idol" judge Jennifer Lopez, who said on the show that she didn't know the song and hadn't heard of the singer.

You can see McDonald performing the abbreviated version of "Come Pick Me Up" from the show below.

Video & Lyrics - Jeff Buckley Doing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"

I love it when underappreciated songs and artists get mainstream attention. Jeff Buckley's stirring version of the classic Leonard Cohen tune "Hallelujah" is one such song, and it apparently got some increased attention when a contestant on "American Idol" performed the song (in the style of Jeff Buckley's rendition, I've heard).

You can hear Jeff Buckley's version, straight from the record label, BMG here... so it's good quality, not some grainy that's been copied a zillion times so you that you can almost count the distorted pixels. (But for some reason BMG won't let people embed the video.) And if you want to read the lyrics to "Hallelujah," you can find them here.

Though to be honest, you probably can't say that Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" is unknown or underappreciated; it's been featured in many TV shows and movies, including one of the blockbuster "Shrek" movies (I haven't seen any of them, so I don't know if it's Shrek 1, 2, or 3).

"Hallelujah" can be found on Jeff Buckley's album "Grace," which came out in 1994, just a few years before Buckley's untimely death at age 30.