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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Zephyr
Under such circumstances, says Debbie Dell of Zephyr Realty, the buyers usually get their deposit back, but they shouldn't expect to continue to do inspections or engage the sellers in further negotiations. No news ain't good news The listing agent ... The American yacht Rosebud is almost certain to take handicap honours with its closest rival Zephyr needing to make up about six hours to claim victory. Mr Peart says it is unlikely Zephyr can make it to Hobart in time. "It looks very much like Rosebud ... American entry Rosebud's most immediate challengers, Ray Robert' Quantum Racing, Geoff Ross's Yendys and Syd Fischer's Ragamuffin all failed to finish in the time required to take out a handicap victory but tiny yacht Zephyr is still in with a chance ... Johnny Allen enjoyed a welcome success when Zephyr Lilly, trainer by Pat Cody, emerged best in the Ryans Event Cleaners 3-Y-0 Maiden Hurdle, surviving a last flight blunder to beat For Real with Imperial Hills third after making a costly mistake when ... The best-placed contender was the NSW boat Zephyr, which needed to finish by 2am on Sunday. However, with an estimated arrival time of after 5am, she needed to pick up a lot of time during Saturday. Morna also had a slim hope of overhauling Rosebud ... Last night yachts such as Ray Roberts' 50-footer Quantum, Geoff Ross' 55-footer Yendys, the US 65-footer Rosebud, Bruce Taylor's 40-footer Chutzpah and even the little 33-footer Zephyr were among the leading contenders for the overall honours. Share ... Race spokesman Jim Gale says the New South Wales yacht Zephyr is the only real challenger. "Zephyr's got another 24 hours to get here to beat Rosebud," he said. "When you look at her estimated time of arrival and the time that she's...got to arrive to ... The best-placed contender was the NSW boat Zephyr, which needed to finish by 2am tomorrow. However, with an estimated arrival time of after 5am, she needed to pick up a lot of time during today. Morna also had a slim hope of overhauling Rosebud, but it ... Security Insurance Company, American Country Insurance Company, Zephyr Insurance Company, Mendota Insurance Company, Mendakota Insurance Company and Avalon Risk Management, Inc. The Company also operates reinsurance subsidiaries in Barbados and ... A special four-hour cruise scheduled for Jan. 13 departs South Street Seaport's Pier 16 at 4 p.m., returning at 8 p.m., aboard the Zephyr. Tickets are $125, including cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. Reservations required. The cruise is sponsored by the ...
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