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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Waylon Jennings
Let us now praise CSI: Crime Scene Investigation for keeping it country. "They were looking for a scene at a country bar, and they needed a band," said Shooter Jennings, the twang-happy son of country legend Waylon Jennings. "Right now, I'm looking ... I joked that had dad married Johnny Cash or Waylon Jennings, that would have been special, because we were fans of their music.” He is more than aware, though, that he is surrounded by a glittering family, while he had made no huge strides in 20 ... Or you can take it slower by leaving San Antonio on the 30th and make a short sidetrip to tiny Luckenbach, Texas, made famous by Waylon Jennings in his like-named song, or keep going and check out Fort Worth's revitalized downtown. If you opt for the ... As the hard-partying son of hard-partying legend Waylon Jennings , Shooter Jennings has been tipping back bottles and staying up nights over the holidays. "We've got a brand new baby here," Shooter says. "I'm telling you, all the partying you've done in ... One of country music's most prolific stars, Nelson's career stretches more than six decades. He began writing hits for Ray Price and Patsy Cline, and in 1975, aligned himself with Waylon Jennings and the outlaw country movement. Through ... The Corsicana native was writing killer songs long before Waylon Jennings chose his tunes for the album "Honky Tonk Heroes," which helped launch the country outlaw movement in the 1970s. A rough-around-the-edges born-again ... Like Waylon Jennings used to sing: I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane. Finish that novel A while back, I started a crime novel based in my hometown, tentatively titled "Baptist Hill" and exploring what I hope are some ... The Waylors, Waylon Jennings original band, has reformed and is currently working on a compilation CD honoring ‘Ol Waylon. This news will certainly warm the hearts of us baby boomers. ••• Young artists across our great state are releasing some ... At No. 5, the latest release from the grampa of the 'Outlaw Country' movement of the 70s who penned many of Waylon Jennings' hits may be best described as a honky tonk-Sunday School album. On 'Everybody's Brother,' Billy Joe Shaver collaborates with ... Bringing his love of Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings to the forefront, Modern Day Drifter followed two years later and became a Top Ten hit. In 2006, he returned with Long Trip Alone, a more polished effort that was commercial but not crass ...
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