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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Precious Metal
Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Gold rose, heading for the biggest annual gain since 1979, as a decline in the dollar boosted the appeal of the precious metal as an alternative investment. Silver also climbed. Gold has jumped 32 percent this year as a weaker ... Gold prices advanced on the precious metal's appeal as a safe haven investment during political uncertainty. Bhutto's assassination in a suicide bombing has stirred investor worries about further instability in the region. "The geopolitical background ... ... or porcelain, insulating sleeve holders for beverage containers, lunch boxes, mugs, napkin holders, napkin rings not of precious metals, plates, sports bottles sold empty, thermal insulated containers for food or beverage, trays not of precious metal ... Meanwhile in London today, gold traded steady at 827.40 usd an ounce after it hit a one-month high yesterday, supported by weakness in the US dollar and as higher crude oil prices increased the precious metal's appeal as a hedge against inflation. ... LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Gold was steady in early trade near the one-month high it hit yesterday, supported by renewed weakness in the US dollar and as geopolitical tensions sparked safe haven buying. The precious metal hit its highest level ... The metal has surged about 40 percent so far this year. Spot gold traded up to $836.90 an ounce, its highest since November 26, and was quoted at $836.40/837.10 by 11:13 a.m. EST, against $824.70/825.50 late in New York on Thursday. Gold ... NEW DELHI: In tune with the global gold rates, which zoomed following the assassination former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the prices of the precious metal rose by Rs 30 per 10 gm in the bullion market here on Friday. Standard gold and ... The precious metal's hedge value was boosted by further weakness for the U.S. dollar. The greenback extended its 2 1/2 week low against the euro, continuing a downward move that began Tuesday evening. The buck also fell to a 10-day low against the ... Gold stocks are some of the best performers, as the price of the precious metal is extending a recent upward move. Tobacco, steel and oil service stocks are seeing significant buying interest as well. On the other hand, housing stocks are seeing ... Gold rose after energy costs jumped, boosting the appeal of the precious metal as an inflation hedge. Silver fell. Crude-oil futures traded as high as $97.57 a barrel after a U.S. report showed that petroleum inventories dropped for a sixth straight ...
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