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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Feist
Feist, “The Reminder” As tempting as it may have been, it wouldn’t have to been fair to veto this simply for overexposure. Dr. David Lhowe, Mass General Hospital I wasn’t a complicated case. No staples, no pins, no plates. Still, the doc gave me ... What year did you join WCCO? 2004 What is your favorite thing about WCCO? People here genuinely care about what we do and who we are as a station. What/who's on your iPod? Everything from classics like The Beatles and U2 to new stuff such as Feist. Do you ... Who was naughty and who was nice in 2007, in the world of music, movies, television or just on the streets of Hollywood? Find out in a five-part series starting today. EDMONTON - Britney Spears? Naughty. Feist? Nice. Amy Winehouse? Naughty. Timbaland ... Seven is supposed to be a lucky number, and for some Canadian musicians, 2007 was truly the year of the jackpot. Top spot among Fortune's darlings belonged to Feist, who scored a double bonanza when Apple Inc. chose not just her single ( 1234 ) but ... Feist -- The Reminder: This gorgeous album has remained at the top of my messy CD pile since it came out at the beginning of May. The pure innocent pop sounds of 1 2 3 4 and My Moon My Man kept me humming in the garden throughout the summer. And I ... Feist : " My Moon, My Man (Boys Noize remix) " Critics went gaga for her torchy tunes in 2007, but we think Leslie Feist fares better in more threatening sonic terrain. Here, Boys Noize sends her ambling into a soundscape rife with electronic noise and ... ... download was innovative, but some buyers criticized the quality of the streaming, and those seeking an actual CD must wait until Tuesday, Jan. 1. Honorable mentions: At My Age , Nick Lowe; As I Am , Alicia Keys; Sky Blue Sky , Wilco; The Reminder , Feist ... Feist: ‘The Reminder’ A good last-minute present for the NPR set: a singer-songwriter with a pretty voice, predominately acoustic music and songs with a tendency to swell romantically. Not to mention unflagging, remarkable songwriting. Times New ... (andPOP) - Canadians Arcade Fire, Feist and Stars are among 54 acts being considered for the Shortlist Music Prize. The U.S. award is given to artists considered underappreciated and deserving of greater commercial success by a jury of musicians ... Feist , Eddie Vedder , the Arcade Fire , Björk and M.I.A. are on the long list of nominees for the seventh annual Shortlist Prize, with the announcements of the finalists and winner to be made early next year. Wilco , Animal Collective , Against Me! , ...
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