The MP3 Catalog Blog
The MP3 Catalog Blog
|
01/23/2008 09:57 AM
|
|
Alicia Keys
|
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 [...]
|
|
01/20/2008 09:52 PM
|
|
Taylor Swift Still Isn’t Relinquishing the Charts
|
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 [...]
|
|
01/16/2008 08:53 PM
|
|
Dean Owens - Whisky Hearts
|
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 [...]
|
|
01/15/2008 08:45 PM
|
|
Tom Baxter - Skybound
|
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 [...]
|
|
01/14/2008 04:54 PM
|
|
The Magnetic Fields - Distortion (Nonesuch)
|
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 [...]
|
|
01/13/2008 03:16 PM
|
|
Chrisette Michele
|
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 [...]
|
|
01/12/2008 02:31 PM
|
|
Sara Bareilles
|
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, [...]
|
|
01/11/2008 02:27 PM
|
|
Tony Yayo Confident As Trial Date Is Set; Promises Eminem, Dr. Dre Will Be On G-Unit LP
|
“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 [...]
|
|
01/07/2008 04:26 PM
|
|
Kanye vs Beyonce
|
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 [...]
|
|
01/07/2008 01:42 PM
|
|
Fogerty’s Creative Revival
|
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 [...]
|
|
|
Zirkin
Zirkin, a Baltimore County Democrat who has championed juvenile services reform, says he continues to have faith in DeVore. "The bigger picture is that he is making significant changes in juvenile services," Zirkin said. "Invariably, mistakes are ... Zirkin, a Baltimore County Democrat, had raised the possibility of exempting the hookah lounges earlier this week but didn't try to do so yesterday. Del. Joseph J. "Sonny" Minnick, a Baltimore County Democrat who opposes the smoking ban, argued on the ... Zirkin, a Baltimore County Democrat who voted against the tax bill, said many elements did not seem well thought-out. "To throw things against the wall and see if they stick is not the way to do this," he said. But the Democratic-controlled chamber ... I am writing to applaud the leadership shown by the 11th District team of Sen. Bobby Zirkin and Delegates Jon Cardin, Dan Morhaim and Dana Stein. We are fortunate to be represented by people with the courage to make the tough choices necessary to fix ... It truly was about much more than just education," said Nancy Zirkin, deputy director of the Washington-based Leadership Council on Civil Rights. "The decision ushered in ... legislation that was to follow," including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ... Zirkin, a Baltimore County Democrat, said he has had plenty of access to the governor and his aides but has "not gotten strong-armed." Republican lawmakers say they have seen no evidence that O'Malley is courting members of their party. GOP leaders ... I found it for the most part pathetic but typical for Sen. Zirkin to say in his remarks about the shortfall in education funding caused by his party and his governor that he was "hoping our partners in county government will step up to the plate and ... Zirkin (D-Dist. 11) of Owings Mills. ‘‘You can’t have the issue of taxes on the table and not have tensions. People come at it from very different angles.” In some instances, the strife was intense. Montgomery County delegates were sharply ... Zirkin, a Baltimore County Democrat who served with Simmons on the House Judiciary Committee before running for the Senate. "When you deal with Lou on an issue, you've got to be at the top of your game." Zirkin was with Simmons and O'Malley aide Sean ... Done hashing out a point with Sen. E.J. Pipkin, Sen. Robert A. Zirkin (left) goes over to talk with Judicial Proceedings Chairman Brian E. Frosh. Zirkin has objected to the taxing of services, saying it puts residents in ‘‘legal danger” if they ...
|
