The MP3 Catalog Blog
The MP3 Catalog Blog
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01/23/2008 09:57 AM
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Alicia Keys
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Alicia Keys was born in 1981, and despite her young age she has already risen to the top of the music industry. By the end of 2007, Keys had sold more than 35 million records. When compared to other musical performers, it is easy to see that Keys has achieved a very high level of [...]
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01/20/2008 09:52 PM
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Taylor Swift Still Isn’t Relinquishing the Charts
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The talented Miss Swift isn’t budging from her solid perches at the top of Billboard’s country albums and songs charts, where she sits with Taylor Swift and
“Our Song,” respectively.To make life even sweeter, Swift also has this week’s highest vaulting new single, “Picture to Burn,” which bows at No. 52. The only other first-time songs [...]
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01/16/2008 08:53 PM
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Dean Owens - Whisky Hearts
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In many ways, Dean Owens’s third solo album is very old fashioned. That isn’t meant as a criticism - musically it references huge slabs of Springsteen (especially the opener, Years Ago, one of those slyly political songs with its ripe rip of sax, and the gloriously uplifting Hallelujah) and in its more relaxed moments the [...]
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01/15/2008 08:45 PM
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Tom Baxter - Skybound
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It’s been three years since we heard anything from Tom Baxter. His 2004 release Feather and Stone, especially its opening track My Declaration, was a Radio Two favourite, but since then, not a sausage. Now comes Skybound, an autobiographical album, which shows off his angelic, dreamy voice with an eclectic mix of sounds and styles.A [...]
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01/14/2008 04:54 PM
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The Magnetic Fields - Distortion (Nonesuch)
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It’s four years since the last The Magnetic Fields album, i, but Stephin Merritt has hardly been idle. Yet where 69 Love Songs showed a remarkable profligacy of songwriting, and Showtunes elicited his love of Chinese music, Distortion is a conscious step back - not just looking over its shoulder, but swiveling round for a [...]
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01/13/2008 03:16 PM
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Chrisette Michele
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Surrounded by music since she was a small child, twenty-four year old singer, songwriter and composer Chrisette Michele has been blessed with an old soul and this Long Island bred songwriter and vocalist has a deep appreciation for the harmonic
foundations that includes gospel and jazz. “I did my first solo when I was four [...]
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01/12/2008 02:31 PM
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Sara Bareilles
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As a gifted singer and a versatile pianist with no formal training, Sara Bareilles burst onto the pop scene with a naturally skilled voice ranging from powerful and
soulful to sweet and gentle, earning her instant comparisons to Fiona Apple and Norah Jones. At age 18, she left the Redwood forests of her hometown, Eureka, CA, [...]
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01/11/2008 02:27 PM
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Tony Yayo Confident As Trial Date Is Set; Promises Eminem, Dr. Dre Will Be On G-Unit LP
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“I just came from court, I got my Donald Trump button-up on,” Tony Yayo said with a smile on Thursday afternoon (January 10) while sitting in the G-Unit’s Manhattan office.
Yayo, born Marvin Bernard, had been in court earlier in the day to make an appearance before his upcoming trial on charges of endangering the [...]
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01/07/2008 04:26 PM
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Kanye vs Beyonce
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Kanye West has revealed that Beyonce kicks his ass at Connect 4.
As strange as it sounds the friends battled it out at the board game when they were hanging out at Jay-Z’s new club recently.
In his first blog since the death of his mother Kanye thanked fans for the support and talked of playing Connect [...]
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01/07/2008 01:42 PM
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Fogerty’s Creative Revival
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John Fogerty’s newest, Revival, is easily his best record since Centerfield, and has some of his best material since the CCR days. Songs like Gunslinger, Creedence Song, and Long Dark Night hold their own against Creedence’s best stuff.
The album starts off with Don’t You Wish It Was True, with a beat that is similar to [...]
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Akon
Kelly (“Same Girl”) vy with Ne-Yo (featured on Rihanna’s “Hate That I Love You”) and T-Pain and Akon (“Bartender”). (Rounding out that group are “Disrespectful,” Chaka Khan featuring Mary J. Blige and “Baby,” Angie Stone ... Rap star Akon was caught on camera this year abusing both male and female fans. During a concert in Trinidad, Akon invited a girl on-stage and used her to simulate a sexual act, only to later discover she was a minor and a minister's daughter. Then ... Other stars who have contributed to the remixed Thriller 25 album include Kanye West, Akon and Will.I.Am's bandmate Fergie. Jackson is reportedly in talks to make his comeback after the album's release with a series of gigs at the O2 Arena in London ... On the top of AT&T's most downloaded ringtones list is "Party Like a Rock Star" by Shop Boyz, followed by "This Is Why I'm Hot" by Mims, "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" by Soulja Boy, "Rockstar" by Nickelback and "Don't Matter" by Akon. Other artists in ... It's about time she says "yes-yes-yes" to rehab. Runner-up: Akon, who in April was caught on tape violently freak-dancing with a 15-year-old girl, resulting in Verizon pulling its sponsorship from his tour, and who in June decided to body slam a fan ... In February Michael Jackson will release an anniversary edition of the world's top-selling album. Thriller 25 features new material from artists such as Jackson, West, Akon and Black Eyed Peas' frontman Will.I.Am. On TV, Channel Nine will be making a ... She'll compete in February against heavyweights Akon, Fantasia, Keyshia Cole and Ne-Yo: Describe the moment you heard about the Grammy nod. It was a shock. I was asleep in my hotel room in Tokyo when I heard my manager scream my name. It scared ... ... is complete without a bit of bling. For the glitzy side of Sundance nightlife polish-off the experience at Harry O's for some danceable hip-hop and VIP room with champagne bottle service. Its legendary DJ booth has hosted everyone from P Diddy to Akon ... Will.I.am's remix of 'Pretty Young Thing' comes from a demo track and doesn't sound much like anything. Only Akon's remix of "Wanna Be Starting Something" has a fresh reference. But it's Akon's voice that takes the lead, with a little of Jacko's old ... On December 15th, in Port au Prince, Haiti, musical heavyweights Wyclef Jean, Jimmy Rosemond, and Akon mobilized an unprecedented number of 500 thousand people for Yele Fest -- a free live concert featuring their favorite artists Wyclef and Akon. The ...
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