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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Anuna
The Celtic band Anuna were featured on public television in the clogging epic Riverdance. Now they have their own PBS special called “Celtic Origins.” Anuna’s music is described as “pulsating, hair-raising, emotive, mystical and unusual ... Composed of 16 world-class singers, Anúna (''Riverdance'') performs a fusion of classical, folk, world and Celtic music. Parker Playhouse, Holiday Park, 707 NE Eighth St., Fort Lauderdale; 954-462-0222 or www.parkerplayhouse.com ; $34-$54. 11 a.m.-7 ... Anúna, a band of Irish singers, is in fact a choir. But that doesn't necessarily mean what you think. "I call it a punk choir," says director John McGlynn. That means members of the crew have toured with the Sex Pistols and the Clash and worked with ... The Irish choral group Anuna relies on both trained and untrained voices to create its hard-to-define sound. The group will present its “Celtic Origins” concert at the Tennessee Theatre Friday. John McGlynn, director of the Irish choral group ... Oklahoma City Community College 's Cultural Arts Series continues this month with an appearance by the Celtic vocal group Anuna. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. Monday at Oklahoma City's First Presbyterian Church, 1001 NW 25. Best known as the ... Anúna joins other Celtic acts like Riverdance that were heavily promoted by PBS specials. And while the eclectic group is undeniably talented, the whole crop is starting to feel a bit formulaic. Anúna plays the Paramount Sunday. 1621 Glenarm Place ... Anúna Marin Center, 10 Ave of the Flags, San Rafael; 499-6800. 8pm, $18-40. Pato Banton, Mystic Roots 19 Broadway Nite Club, 19 Broadway, Fairfax; 459-1091. 9:30pm, $12. Ben Ross Band, Kate Burkart and Friends, Ben Berstein and Friends Starry Plough. 9 ... Featured with the singers will be the Irish ensemble Anúna, with director Michael McGlynn, and several guest artists (including harpist John Carrington, violinist/violist Marjorie Krans- berg-Talvi, uilleann pipe player Tom Creegan, drummer Seamus ... Anuna-Celtic Origins 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Allen Theatre, Playhouse Square, 1501 Euclid Ave. Cleveland. $39.50, $49.50. http://www.tickets.com: 800-766-6048. Lotus 8 p.m. Sunday, Kent Stage, 175 E. Main St., Kent. $10; day of show, $12. 330-677-5005 ... Dennis Madden said he knew Anuna was good when he booked them to open the Clemens Center's 2007-2008 season. He just didn't know they were this popular. "I think we're lucky to get it," says Madden, the Clemens Center's director of presenting. "It is ...
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