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: World Sinfonia
... 11 time Grammy winner Michael Brecker, Joshua Redman, Pedro Carneiro, Michael Houstoun, Federico Mondelci, Orchestre Sinfonia ... This work and ‘Drum Dances’ have become standard repertoire for percussionists throughout the world. John’s ... His works include Sinfonia Ad Fugam , which reflects his interest in percussion and Beatae Voces Tenebrae , a meditation on ... Kenins was forced from Latvia by the Soviet occupation following the Second World War and returned to France, where he ... In 2006 he wowed Lehigh Valley listeners by soloing on Mozart piano and violin concertos with the Pennsylvania Sinfonia ... where Gustav Mahler conducted his eighth symphony with more than 1,000 performers, where Frank Sinatra entertained World ... The concerts with the Minnesota Sinfonia include the world premiere of a work titled, "Max's Moon," by his wife, the composer Luna Pearl Woolf. The music was inspired by their now 13-month-old daughter, and the rediscovery of the classic children's ... Q Tell me about the music you're doing with the Sinfonia. A There are two new works. One is a world premiere: "Max's Moon," by Luna Pearl Woolf -- two short movements based on children's stories. It's a setting for cello and orchestra of pieces ... During its 25 years, the Sinfonia has brought many world-renowned soloists to the Lehigh Valley. That A-list includes pianist Menahem Pressler, harpsichordist/organist/pianist Anthony Newman, flutist Paula Robison, cellist Nathaniel Rosen, and ... Although they perform mostly in the United States and Canada, Laredo and Robinson have played in venues around the world ... music director of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, conducting. The program includes Liszt's "Les Preludes," Rosza's "Sinfonia ... ... of a salsa player and a music teacher from the Venezuelan city Barquisimeto, Dudamel shot to the top of the classical world ... On Thursday, Dudamel led the nation's oldest orchestra in a varied program _ Mexican composer Carlos Chavez's "Sinfonia India ... In addition to his role in the local orchestra, Machado is principal bass in Sinfonia Gulf Coast. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Illinois. The special guest artist has had a close connection with world renowned double ... The formation of a new string orchestra dedicated to the study and performance of baroque music, Sinfonia Baroque, is open to ... Arts Midwest World Fest: Los Utrera, a family of musicians and dancers who take their inspiration from the fiestas of ...
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