http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:16:07 -0800 Yahoo! http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/betterlivingthroughmp3/1077/free-mp3s-chicago-meets-new-york-jazz-joints/ The Dan Cray Trio is one of those forward thinking outfits that use jazz as a healthy means to an end, but not as its reason for living. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:16:07 -0800 Ken Micallef http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/betterlivingthroughmp3/1066/free-mp3s-top-ten-hip-hop/ As has been our custom here at Better Living Through MP3 for a solid year, today we fill your inbox with myriad hip-hop goodness in the MP3 format. So simply right click on the song's title and save to your desktop for happenin' hip-hop hijinx. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:05:13 -0800 Ken Micallef http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/betterlivingthroughmp3/1061/free-electronic-dance-mp3sfree-electronic-dance-mp3sfree-electronic-dance-mp3sfree-electronic-dance-mp3sfree-electronic-dance-mp3s/ Electronic music forever lurks below the surface of music commercialism, the genre's 12" singles, rave clubs and all night traveling parties as transient and changeable as the music's stuttering beat menu. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:56:25 -0800 Ken Micallef http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/betterlivingthroughmp3/1051/laughing-with-obama-and-mcpalins-mp3s/ Are you better off then you were 4 years ago? Who remembers 4 years ago? Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:28:41 -0800 Ken Micallef http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/betterlivingthroughmp3/1047/mp3s-halloween-cradle-of-filth-commands-you-rot-in-hell-sin-eaters-everywhere/ Halloween doesn't require subservience to a great demon, ghost, angelic being or black metal band. But what exactly is Halloween? Well, it's all wound up with the eating of "soul cakes." Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:43:57 -0800 Ken Micallef http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/betterlivingthroughmp3/1043/mp3s-world-music-beatdown-buena-vista-live-beto-villares-lives/ Buena Vista Social Club is both the name given to this astonishing pool of musicians and the album, recorded in just six days in Havana's 1950s vintage EGREM studios. It was clear from the atmosphere of the recording sessions that something very special was taking place. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:05:48 -0800 Ken Micallef http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/betterlivingthroughmp3/1038/mp3s-dead-presidentz-psychedelic-presidents-presidents-without-brains/ Since we're all embroiled in the ongoing political battle between good and evil, red and blue, and dumb and dumber, MP3s that match the mood of the day are in order, don't you think? Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:46:09 -0800 Ken Micallef http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/betterlivingthroughmp3/1022/bopping-bebop-free-jazzing-mp3s/ From guitarists with thoughts of Wes Montgomery and Charlie Christian on their minds to crooning divas worshipping at the altar of Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, jazz is all you need to know. Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:31:09 -0800 Ken Micallef http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/betterlivingthroughmp3/1009/yeehaw-mp3s-top-ten-country-downloads/ The time is ripe for real country to make a return to the charts. Here's my vote for 2010, the top country downloads of the week! Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:03:15 -0800 Ken Micallef http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/betterlivingthroughmp3/1000/mp3s-hip-hop-top-ten-downloads/ It's the weekend. Forget your cares, c'mon get happy. Roll down the top, light up whatever, spend some cash. Spend some cash you don't even have. Dream of good times to come, go shopping, get crazy, overeat, sleep late, do the nasty. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:55:43 -0800 Ken Micallef