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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Suzanne Vega
Ludlow Street," Suzanne Vega Strings and sadness. 11. "What Would Jay-Z Do?," Ben Lee Thank God for skinny white indie rockers. 12. "Charmer," Kings of Leon High-impact, with minimal lyrics, punk guitar and howls. 13. "15 Step," Radiohead Closest thing to a ... Josi Wails influences span generations... from Laura Nyro to Abbey Lincoln, Crosby Stills & Nash to Joan Osborne, Cassandra Wilson to Neil Young, Natalie Merchant, Suzanne Vega, Jackson Browne, Tracy Chapman to Uncle Bonsai, Van Morrison, Ani ... ... renovation and hosted events, including concerts by Dar Williams and Greg Brown and a performance of the folk opera "Hadestown"; the Latchis Theatre continued to establish itself as a marquee venue, hosting the likes of Josh Ritter and Suzanne Vega ... SUZANNE VEGA Beauty & Crime Since rocketing up the pop charts with 1987's "Luka," Vega has maintained a respected reputation for poetically painting memorable characters in her songs. On this album, her debut for the venerable Blue Note label, the ... Things really took off following support slots for the likes of Suzanne Vega and Mike Oldfield. Since then Radůza has managed to go her own way as both her latest CD and DVD testify. On live tracks from performances at Divadlo Archa she draws on an ... Janyl Vega, Charlestown; Roslyn Arroyo and Tia Arroyo, East Boston; Catherine Droser, Mary Holland, Channelle Jackson ... Caroline Belli, Caroline Caliri, Erika Finkelstein, Catherine Millett, Suzanne Foley, Tessa Merrick, and Caroline Humphrey ... Folk singer Suzanne Vega struck gold in the 1980s with hits “Tom’s Diner,” “Left of Center,” and the ubiquitous radio hit, “Luka,” which was one of the first popular songs to tackle the subject of child abuse. Vega is still making ... Shortly after 9 p.m., Suzanne Vega stepped out onto the Variety Playhouse stage solo and began her most popular hit, “Tom’s Diner”, an a capella song describing a moment gazing out of a New York City window. A full-house crowd of mostly long ... Growing up in Oklahoma I would look for the Village Voice and Interview magazine, and listen to Suzanne Vega. I always felt drawn to New York.” Paula was raised in a more typical Jewish intellectual family, and was at first a little threatened by ... Shortly after 9 p.m., Suzanne Vega stepped out onto the Variety Playhouse stage solo and began her most popular hit, “Tom’s Diner”, an a capella song describing a moment gazing out of a New York City window. A full-house crowd of mostly long ...
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