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Book Review: True To The Roots
True to the Roots: Americana Music Revealed - Monte Dutton
Monte Dutton authors True To The Roots, a book that claims to be Americana revealed. The back cover reads “Americana music isn’t just a musical form - it’s a state of mind. Monte Dutton charts this state of mind with a series of interviews and [...] -
The Many Sides Of The Derailers And The Cost Of Promoting An Artist
If you haven’t heard of The Derailers before, I’d highly recommend you check out some of their stuff.
“What you hear from The Derailers often depends on our whims.”
Those whims produced a feast for Texas music lovers in The Derailers latest CD, “Soldiers of Love.”
Yes, it is honky-tonk country, but with echoes of Buddy Holly, Jerry [...]Continue reading "The Many Sides Of The Derailers And The Cost Of Promoting An Artist"
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Album Review: Daryle Singletary - Straight From The Heart
I can only speculate as to what Singletary’s intentions were for recording an album full of covers (and one original); it may be his tribute to country music greats from year past, maybe he wanted to use this album as a platform to update some great country songs so that listeners of today’s country [...]
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Brad Paisley And Wife Name Their Baby Boy And Gretchen Wilson Biopic Reportedly Underway
George Strait says he doesn’t look forward to traveling while he’s on tour, but he still loves performing and has no plans to quit anytime soon. He credits his band for his success and says he’ll continue to keep touring as long as the fans keep coming. In another article he admits that he’d like [...]
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Happy Birthday, Johnny Cash
It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of Johnny Cash here at The 9513. This day in 1932 the Man In Black was born. In celebration of his birthday we’ve decided to give away one of the following songs from iTunes to every person who comments on this post before 12:00 AM CST:
Ring Of Fire
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Interview: Brigitte London Discusses Austin, Nashville, And Drinking Whiskey
Some of you may remember Brigitte London since she participated in our iPod contest last month, and others of you may know of her from somewhere else. Recently she contacted us to see if we had received her album for the iPod, which we had, and since we adored the style of music she’s [...]
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Johnny Bush Writes About Honky Tonks And James McMurtry Visits NPR
Ten months ago a cocktail waitress accused Hank Williams, Jr. of yelling obscenities and choking her at a hotel. Those charges were dropped over the weekend. The District Attorney says that they didn’t feel like they had a case they could prove and the accuser, Holly Hornbeak, still says that the case was not driven [...]
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Taylor Swift, The New Darling Of Country Music And Nicole Kidman Wants A Baby
Dierks Bentley’s current Top 20 single, “Long Trip Alone” was inspired by being away from his wife Cassidy on his long tour trips. She has gone on a couple of tours with him and now understands why he wants to stay plastered to the couch when he gets home. If only I had a believable [...]
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Last Of The Breed Ticket Contest Winner
Contest Results/Winner
After 23 days of unstable servers due to the whopping amount of traffic our Last Of The Breed Ticket Contest brought in, we’re pleased to announce we finally have a winner. Actually, our servers never became unstable and the contest only had four real competitors, meaning that everyone else who signed up apparently didn’t [...] -
Update: The Last Of The Breed Ticket Contest
When we announced the Last of The Breed Ticket Contest we said the winner would be chosen today. For anyone participating in the contest you have until 5:00 PM Central Standard Time, then we’ll freeze the stats and crown the winner. That gives you approximately six hours to finish the last lap strong. Good luck [...]
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