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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Album: Courage
Unfortunately, though the filmmaker's courage of conviction is provocative and fascinating, it's also distancing. We can't follow him into that hole. Before his startling accident, the 70-year-old Dominic has been contemplating suicide, depressed ... ... Schwarzenegger and his Administration to contain costs and readjust benefits and reimbursement rates to work within the state's budget, but we're growing weary of this fight, and can't fix a broken system alone - it absolutely requires the courage ... He died Friday, at 88, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced in a statement that paid tribute to Hillary's courage, determination, and humble personality. "Sir Ed described himself as an average New Zealander with modest abilities," Clark ... I hope that they have the courage to say 'no more faith schools'." However, Oona Stannard, chief executive and director of the Catholic Education Service, said that in practice, Muslim schools promoted social cohesion. "If people understood more ... David Beckham was given a book on courage by the Prime Minister yesterday. Gordon Brown clearly thought the footballer needed advice on bearing up under pressure even though he has represented England as captain more than 50 times and turned public ... Lawrence Farmer, who works with the British squad, is full of admiration and believes the LGU should have the courage to opt for a young Curtis Cup team this year. Ultimately, Booth, who finished 13th among the women professionals in last year's De ... Mizuno has been praised by his compatriot, Celtic's Shunsuke Nakamura, for the "courage" he has shown in moving to Europe. "I asked Hide [Nakata] about various things when I started in Europe and I would like to support Koki not only in football but ... But he warned that to achieve this, those involved had to be prepared "to have the courage to take the difficult decisions to make the difficult compromises". "I think given the determination there is to succeed and given the desire on the part of ... It's a sad day, as a fellow New Zealander, we all feel your loss today. Sir Ed... we grew with your inspiration, courage and humility. Your legacy is ingrained in us all, and will be kept alive and continued in this country. Thank you. 'Salute ... When I got to Tokushima, nobody around me really even spoke English, and for some reason that gave me the courage to start sending my work out." She even launched her own literary journal, Yomimono, "published once or twice a year." She edited an ...
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