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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Hayley Westenra
In addition to Celtic Woman's three Manhattan/BLG releases, a compilation called "Celtic Favorites" (Madacy Special Products/Madacy) came in at No. 6, and Hayley Westenra's "Celtic Treasure" (Decca/Universal Classics Group) rounded out the album ... Coming from a variety of musical traditions, vocalists Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Hayley Westenra, and violinist Máiréad Nesbitt make up what Agnew calls "the quintessential Irish woman." Their debut album "Celtic Woman ... Charlotte Westenra directs, Sept. 7: "The Bacchae," Lyric Hammersmith. Alan Cumming as Dionysus in the National Theater of ... Told By An Idiot company and poet Carol Ann Duffy reimagine the great seducer, now played by brilliant Hayley Carmichael. ... SOARING TO THE TOP: Hayley Westenra sold the most albums in New Zealand in 2007, according to preliminary sales data. Kiwi song bird Hayley Westenra has landed the biggest selling album for 2007, beating big-selling overseas acts Paul Potts and ... Elizabeth has also been chosen to sing with Hayley Westenra in a very special summer concert at Matakana in February. Hayley and Elizabeth will perform at the Lakeside Charity Concert with Pavarotti protege Shaun Dixon and the full 80-piece Mauakau ... Time To Say Goodbye (With the chanteuse Hayley Westenra) ups the ante on Russell’s section, even though Westenra’s part is not as emotional as Sarah Brightman’s original. Watson, though could break a wine glass with the power displayed here. ... Steve Abbott (manager of Hayley Westenra and Aled Jones) probably has another bunch of lads, waiting in the wings, once these three start to get spots. To be honest, the album does give you a Christmassy feel and it is well sung by the lads. But, I ... On the 10th of November the band released their new album ‘Awake & Restless’. The new album showcases the bands skills as songwriters and musicians. It was produced by award winning producer Peter van Gent who has worked with Hayley Westenra ... Tourism Minister Damien O’Connor will open the event at a gala dinner on 16 November featuring Hayley Westenra and a fashion show including fashion designers Nom*D, Huffer, Cybèle and Sabatini White. The centrepiece of the week will be a two-day ... ... be enjoyed equally by classical aficionados and pop fans alike – and especially those who enjoy the growing ‘classical crossover’ style popularised by performers like Russell Watson and Katherine Jenkins, Charlotte Church and Hayley Westenra. ...
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