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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Kirk Franklin
DAYTON — Contemporary gospel artist Kirk Franklin headlines the 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration events as keynote speaker for Dayton's MLK Presidential Banquet on Jan. 21. Also participating in the banquet program will be Christopher, a ... It's scary when you can't hear from God. It's even scarier when you are a minister and the spiritual disconnection takes you to the brink of losing your faith. But, Kirk Franklin, the top-selling contemporary gospel artist in Soundscan history ... Kirk Franklin, shown performing this month on BET, says that expressing his own vulnerabilities through song helps to show others that it's OK to admit feelings of doubt. His 11th album, "The Fight of My Life," was released last week. ( Chris ... The debut gospel album is on the top ten lists on the Billboard gospel album sales chart and her single "I Get Joy," featuring Kirk Franklin, hit the top 40 on both the Hot Gospel Songs and Hot R&B Airplay singles charts. Among the many ... The Keynote speaker is gospel artist Kirk Franklin. Mistress of ceremonies is Sharon Howard of WDTN-TV. Admission is $60, and tickets are available by calling (937) 268-0051. Letter from a Birmingham Jail commemorative. Jan. 21, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m ... 15. “Still in Love,” Kirk Franklin. Fueled by the spirit and style of Andrae Crouch, it now seems Kirk has soundly stepped into Andrae’s place in the gospel pantheon. “Put on your rollerskates!,” he instructs at the start of this self ... While most contemporary gospel fans have heard these singles before - Kirk Franklin’s “Now Behold the Lamb,” CeCe Winans’ “Do You Hear What I Hear” - it’s a safe bet they don’t have all of these powerful renditions on one disc. “Love ... A shrieky gospel choir directed by Kirk Franklin here, a hoarse Faith Hill duet there. Though it's sweetly admirable to have kids and soldiers talking as part of "I'll be Home for Christmas," that cornys-up the track beyond mere treacle. Then again ... Ronaldson 6 assists) d Wollongong 103 (Franklin 30 pts; Tragardh, Davidson 9 rebs; Franklin 5 assists). DINING out at 20 ahead ... Kirk "I'll be re-signing for two more years for a Pretty" Penney led the Breakers with 27 while Phillll Jones had 25 points ... As The Observer wrote yesterday , one of the main reasons New Republic editor Franklin Foer decided to end the magazine's effort ... Foer said he called TNR ’s contact there, Major Kirk Luedeke, as soon as the documents appeared on Drudge’s Web site ...
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