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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Album: Singles

Sharapova was seeded No. 1 last year when she lost the final to Serena Williams, who was unseeded and ranked No. 81 before her stunning comeback to win an eighth Grand Slam singles title. Serena Williams was seeded seventh this year, one spot above ... She continually singles herself out as the candidate with the most experience. I don’t see how that’s truthful. Her years as first lady do not count. She didn’t hold a cabinet position, nor was she involved in foregin policy. Her “health plan ... ... Roger Clemens , Sosa, Jason Giambi , your Hall of Fame chances, your thoughts on Cooperstown in general and the great players already enshrined there, that 1998 circus and your unusual career (one homer very 10.6 at-bats, 583 home runs vs. 785 singles ... A singles band par excellence, they generally composed their own, cracking material, but this cover of Labi Siffre's 1971 hit remains one of their finest moments, from frontman Suggs's committed vocals to the blasting brass to and raindrop-like ... Gary Kelly, the youthful Irishman from Antrim, had a memorable debut at the Potters world championships at Hopton-on-Sea in Norfolk yesterday when he caused a major pairs upset and then won his singles match to earn a tilt at Alex Marshall, the ... James, the 2005 British champion, was expected to compete in both singles and pairs divisions at Sheffield, but has signalled that she wants to link up with Yannick Bonheur, the black French Olympic pairs skater. The National Ice Skating Association ... The 20-year-old's seeding reflects his current world ranking, which he achieved following victory at the season-opening Qatar Open last week. Expectation: Murray carries British hopes for singles success The British No 1 is currently finalising his ... My favourite hit singles of the year just gone were made by Amy Winehouse and the Manic Street Preachers, both showing that main-stream rock and soul can be rejuvenated and new-minted. At their best, I reckon the Sugababes and Girls Aloud make the ... Sharapova was seeded No. 1 last year when she lost the final to Serena Williams, who was unseeded and ranked No. 81 before her stunning comeback to win an eighth Grand Slam singles title. Serena Williams was seeded seventh this year, one spot above ... Gary Kelly had a memorable debut at the Potters world championships when he caused a major pairs upset and then won his singles match to earn a tilt at holder Alex Marshal.
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