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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Feng Shui
Taking down the tinsel can mean de-cluttering and freshening for the new year if you incorporate some principles of feng shui (pronounced fung shway), the ancient Chinese art of creating a good energy flow, or chi, in the home. Feng shui ... China Emporium’s Carolyn and John Groves were devastated as they contemplated life without the feng shui business they ran for their son for eight years. The couple and other stallholders said rents were too high to set up anywhere else. Mike ... Sharina bills herself as "Australia's No. 1 psychic to the stars, radio and TV personalities", using the mystical arts of numerology, astrology, palmistry, feng shui and tarot to plot future finances, health and love life. And all of this without ... According to the Chinese astrology of Feng Shui, Yaowarat Road is a "golden dragon area," meaning it is the ideal place for business. The gold shops that are located around the Yaowarat area have built on the image of the golden dragon even more. In ... Arching above are big red feng shui banners. The Ambrose has installed energy-efficient lighting and appliances, economical ventilation equipment and low-flow sprinklers. It has switched to nontoxic cleaning products, paints and sealants, and buys ... The ancient art of feng shui finds practical use in modern daily life by contributing to harmony and balance in homes and offices around the world, practitioners say. The practice took root more than 6,000 years ago, when farmers began paying ... Though it faced a cemetery, which was not good for its feng shui, he felt this plot had commercial potential as many British housewives passed it on their way from their expat enclave, to The City. Clever man! The façade of Tang’s first store ... Throughout the home, Kennedy said, she worked to incorporate feng shui principles to create a balanced, harmonious look. Expertly lit artwork is displayed in a large hallway, with barrel-vaulted ceilings, creating the feel of a modern and eclectic ... The great tradesman drought has been a talking point for a number of years, with many businesses suffering under the stress of finding qualified tradesmen to maintain the fabric of the premises. On the domestic front, Feng Shui consultants and life ... About 20 miles north, the Corbin Feng Shui Business Hotel applies ancient Asian principles to its architecture, d cor and furnishings. It is the world's first feng shui hotel certified by Chinese Dr. Jes T.Y. Lim, a global consultant in feng shui ...
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