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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Steve Winwood
While on the way to stardom, Hounsou appeared in music videos, including those of "Madonna", Janet Jackson, and "Steve Winwood". After his turn as a rebellious slave in "Amistad", for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, he found increasingly ... Also appearing in the June Festival are British rocker Steve Winwood, whose recent music explores the rhythms of South America; New York-based singer Angélique Kidjo, whose latest CD, "Djin Djin," interprets the sounds of her native Benin with help ... The event was a magnet for celebrities and rock stars, including Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Kate Moss, members of Oasis and Genesis, Steve Winwood, Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley and Marilyn Manson. Net profits from the concert will go to the Ahmet ... In addition to the numerous celebrities I told you about Tuesday who were at Monday’s show, you can also add Pink Floyd ’s David Gilmour and Steve Winwood . Little by little new names come in, people who were seen grooving to 30-year-old music or ... The absolute festival highlight was, without a doubt, Clapton's performances with his old Blind Faith bandmate Steve Winwood. They tore through three of the self-titled Bind Faith album's best know tracks, "Presence of the Lord", "Can't Find My Way ... Older fans have been swamping message boards with complaints about sky-high ticket prices for everyone from Neil Young to Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood, whose upcoming tour tickets are going for $250. No one can agree on a fair price for a concert ... I believe it stemmed from a comparison of Bruce Hornsby to Steve Winwood, a juxtaposition that I still disagree with vigorously. Matt and Nate argued that Hornsby and Winwood were alike because they both played keyboards and sang in the upper ... It's the season of Clapton, too, with an autobiography, retrospective CD release and an upcoming tour with Steve Winwood involving the iconic British rock guitarist. Add to that tonight's "Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival." The fundraising ... King, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy, as well as Robert Cray, Vince Gill, Albert Lee, Los Lobos, John McLaughlin, Robbie Robertson, Johnny Winter, Steve Winwood and host Bill Murray. Among the highlights: Beck's ...
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