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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Jamiroquai
Singer Jay Kay of Jamiroquai is 38. Actor Jason Behr (``The Grudge,» «Roswell») is 34. Singer-actor Tyrese is 29. Actress Eliza Dushku (``Buffy the Vampire Slayer,» «Tru Calling») is 27. Actress Kristin Kreuk (``Smallville») is 25. Dec. 31 ... Pop juggernaut Maroon 5 returned from their smash Songs About Jane with this Jamiroquai-esque pop ditty that made you wonder if you could ever get it out of your head. Sleek, sexy and with just the right amount of distro buzz, the song was an instant ... Derek, 50, has played with Jamiroquai and Robbie Williams amongst others. “Jerry Springer was very cool,” says Darby. “And Jamiroquai is a very nice guy,” adds Derek. And as well as mingling with celebrities, both musicians relish the fact ... The Memphis-based trio (Lane Shaw on trap set, Ben Hazlegrove on keyboards, and Alex Botwin on electric bass and the requisite upright laptop) delivered old-school meets outer space (think Jamiroquai without the vocals) to a small Sticky Fingerz ... Coulton is part of a growing trend in which artists -- like recent headline-grabbers Radiohead , Trent Reznor , Oasis and Jamiroquai -- sidestep major labels' traditional marketing and distribution methods to get their music into fans' hands over the ... Other popular acts including Jamiroquai and Oasis are also reporting muling over direct sales. While this may seem like remarkable news for some, it should be noted that these are major acts with significant clout. While they may be able to eschew ... Other popular acts including Jamiroquai and Oasis are also reporting muling over direct sales. While this may seem like remarkable news for some, it should be noted that these are major acts with significant clout. While they may be able to eschew ... Live at Montreux 2003," Jamiroquai (Eagle Vision, * * * * ) These two Oct. 30 releases are the latest chapters in Eagle Rock's acclaimed Montreux series. Ray Charles is in fine voice at his final Montreux show, with a big, horn-driven band, sexy Raelettes ... DiFranco's fiercely independent outlook perhaps presaged the recent do-it-yourself direction acts such as Radiohead and Jamiroquai have taken with the distribution of their music. "I'd like to tell you that I divined the future in that regard, but I'm ... Several of its tunes, such as Disco Revival and Smoother Than Usual, with their parceling guitar licks and bubbling bass lines, are reminiscent of English, acid jazz star Jamiroquai minus the Stevie Wonder fixation. Naturally, the band also ...
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