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: Era One
Looking back on that era, one main feature stands out for me; it made me question my footballing ability for the first time in my life. It was a dark phase in my career." Not the ringing endorsement Keegan might have hoped for on his return to St ... On one level, the widening diplomatic spat between Britain and Russia is entirely predictable. It is a ritualised dance of mutual defiance that will reach a crescendo, and then subside. It was always thus in the days of the cold war. On another, it ... Horses began racing here during the Civil War (which is about the last time I cashed a winning ticket) and a visit to the New York track is like a trip to another era, one of gilded-age tycoons, Victorian belles and semi-alcoholic gamblers. September ... The 29-year-old Capuano was 5-12 with a 5.10 ERA last season. . . . Chicago White Sox third baseman Joe Crede agreed to a one-year, $5.1 million contract that allows him to earn an additional $300,000 in performance bonuses. Crede batted .216 with four ... In his four-plus seasons with the Indians, Betancourt has quietly carved out a niche in the bullpen as one of the league's most dependable and productive relievers. In 273 career appearances with the Indians, Betancourt is 19-16 with a 2.80 ERA, .224 ... TORONTO : Left-handers Gustavo Chacin and Brian Tallet avoided arbitration with the Toronto Blue Jays, agreeing Thursday to one-year contracts. Chacin, whose deal is worth $725,000, went 2-1 with a 5.60 ERA in five starts last year but did not pitch ... ... so much pressure on him he needed a scapegoat - as soon as he said one negative thing about me it led to another one and then it became a habit." The former Liverpool and Real Madrid striker continued: "Looking back on the Keegan era, one ... He had the fifth-most strikeouts (88) among major league relievers and the sixth-highest strikeout ratio (11.82 per nine innings). Madson was 2-2 with a 3.05 ERA and one save in 38 appearances for Philadelphia. He had two stints on the disabled list ... But he was very much a players' manager, and one of the few managers of his era who could tolerate young players. "He knew young people make mistakes, and Hank just took that at face value." Laziness drew Bauer's ire. Once, on a sacrifice fly, Earl ... Howard impressed with today’s players Frank Howard, one of the most-feared sluggers of his era, says current players are “bigger, faster and stronger — and a lot smarter” than his peers.
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