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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Ella Fitzgerald
During his illustrious career, Peterson played with some of the biggest names in jazz, including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. He is also remembered for the trio he led with bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Herb ... The same artist, however, expressed the joyousness, optimism and technical acuity one sooner associates with Ella Fitzgerald, during a standing-room-only show at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival. How can one artist prove so convincing in these ... It was this association that convinced him to donate his collection to the university, whose archive also houses historical material from Hampton, trombonist Al Grey as well as vocalists Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald and trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie ... ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- Both Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra sang on award-winning recordings of a song called "Little Girl Blue." It was a tender, compassionate string of lines feeling sorry for an old lady who had nothing left to do but: "Sit ... ... Hidden Talent Golfing Alma Mater Ithaca College Hometown Chicago Height 5'4" Star Sign Libra Kids 2 Siblings 3 Hobbies Golf, tennis, running Favorite Food Fresh bread Favorite Sports Team Baltimore Ravens (now), Chicago Bears (then) Favorite Musician Ella Fitzgerald ... Saturday at Magnolia Square on First Street. The Orlando group brings new life to old standards with fresh signature arrangements performed in the classic style of greats such as Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole. The quartet plays jazz, blues, swing ... I just love vocals - people like Etta James, Roberta Flack, Ann Peebles, Bjork , Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. I love soul music because it's not complicated, but I do like indie music too." Is there any contemporary artist you really like? ... So, to paraphrase the great Ella Fitzgerald song: What are you wearing New Year’s Eve? I asked around at a few of my favorite local boutiques and got a few answers — and some great suggestions. Meg Morris, owner of Habit, the boutique on Bandywood ... Then her take on the Harold Arlen standard "Something's Gotta Give" reveals a remarkably mature approach that alludes to the telling influence of Ella Fitzgerald. Her relatively tender age notwithstanding, McKelle's vocals seem to come straight out ... She scatted for all she was worth, coming across a bit like Ella Fitzgerald on a case of Red Bull, but the whole thing sounded forced. By the song's end, Ledisi appeared winded. "They're trying to kill me on the first song," she said. She had a ...
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