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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Al Jarreau
... Gothard, keyboardist Brandon Howard, percussionist Hector Maldonado, saxophonist Keith Newton, trumpeter Lee Savoy and bassist and band leader Phil Raney, the group has shared stages with such musicians as Spyro Gyra, the Rippingtons and Al Jarreau. ... The lows included the limp double bill of George Benson and Al Jarreau in the foolish Harbour configuration of the Entertainment Centre. The Bossa Nova Hot Club provided no more than tepid mediocrity during the Sydney Festival and Herbie Hancock was ... ... the Grammy-nominated "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard" in 2005 and this year's "Memory Almost Full" -- as well as the 2006 classical piece "Ecce Cor Meum." Sir Paul also collaborated on albums by Tony Bennett, George Benson and Al Jarreau, and ... Sir Paul also collaborated on albums by Tony Bennett, George Benson and Al Jarreau, and George Michael. This fall McCartney released an expanded edition of "Memory Almost Full," adding three bonus tracks and a second disc of videos and live footage ... Dec. 4, MyNetworkTV, Channel 55) -- Marvin Winans hosts holiday music with Brian McKnight, BeBe and CeCe Winans, Al Jarreau, Donnie McClurkin. "Christmas at the Cathedral" (9 p.m. Dec. 4, MyNetworkTV, Channel 55) -- Gospel holiday music with Mary Mary ... Al Jarreau Davis, 26, was released back to Kashmere Gardens five months ago after serving less than a year in state jail for drug possession. It was his second jail term. Mr. Davis and his older brother, Bay Davis, also a recently released drug ... Her musical influences broadened to include Linda Ronstadt, Diana Krall, Michael Buble and Al Jarreau. In the late Nineties, Irene began studying singing. At first she sang classic tunes by Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald as well as big band numbers. On a ... Marvin Winans hosts an hour of jazzy holiday tunes from the likes of Al Jarreau and Wynton Marsalis. Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer (8 p.m., CBS3): The longest running holiday special in television history celebrates its 43d anniversary. Burl Ives ... Al Jarreau, Brian McKnight, Wynton Marsalis, Donnie McClurkin and Kirk Whalum are scheduled to perform music of the holiday season. WBLU (Channel 62). Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town. Fred Astaire narrates a musical look into the mysteries and myths of ... And Scott's honey-glazed vocals and lithe phrasing are a reassuring constant on these 14 tracks, making the transitions smooth from pop-rap (Will Smith's "The Rain") to nearly straight jazz ("God Bless the Child," with Al Jarreau and George Benson ...
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