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: Songs of Devotion
It's striking to hear songs of devotion coming from such a moppet, and Burton finesses his duet with Bonham Carter, "Not While I'm Around," just so. He also keeps the self-conscious camera gymnastics to a minimum: He's having fun with the material ... Israeli children danced and sang him songs - including a disco rendition of Hava Nagila - and exchanged hugs and high-fives ... Danny Ayalon, a former Israeli ambassador to the U.S., explained that Bush's devotion to Israel and strong stand against ... Bernice Cowl Gordon has been volunteering for years. She was recently recognized for her devotion to human services by the McKnight Foundation. She was also honored by St. Louis Park. The 91-year-old from St. Louis Park spends her days sharing songs ... ... was a corporate sell-out serving up pompous songs to anesthetized sheep. Yet Milano, who had interviewed Boston lead singer Brad Delp, shows that the North Shore band worked tirelessly, recording tracks in basements and showing profound devotion to ... But this really is one of my favorite songs bouncing off the mahogany walls. "Nice music. But where are the ... My devotion to it is like a parent's affection for a not-always-perfect child. You forgive them the occasional ... To lavish such devotion on the likes of traditional New York deli food is not a folly but, rather, a kind of integrity that finds its satisfaction in singing unheralded songs in a wholly new way. Note: Michael C. Zusman, who writes freelance reviews ... Norm Moore is, indeed, commended for his devotion and dedication to our schools by serving as the District IV Baldwin County ... Abell will offer a dynamic and highly engaging performance centered around a repertoire of unforgettable original songs and ... ... days for the Hindus, and is celebrated in almost all Hindu homes in the town in myriad cultural forms, with great devotion ... The programmes depict the culture of Punjab by playing dhol, singing folk songs and simultaneously showcasing dance ... Unfortunately, the filmmaker's devotion to the not-quite-source material has blinded them to that problem. Their main intent ... Hairspray On Broadway is featured last. It talks about the development of the songs, the play, the casting, and more ... By 1993's Songs of Faith and Devotion, Gahan was living in Los Angeles and, inspired by the look and sound of grunge bands, grew his hair long and started sporting a beard. The dramatic shift in image shocked many of Depeche Mode's older fans; they ...
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