Month In Review: March 2007

Last month we started the “Month In Review” feature to highlight what we think is some of the best content over the previous month. In March Jenna got a job, so she isn’t able to post as often as she used to. Matt C. graciously responded to our call for help and has been writing some exceptional articles since. Since February, the average amount of visitors a day has increased by a hundred; a trend that hopefully continues from month to month. A big thanks to everyone who takes the time to read The 9513 on a frequent basis.

Album, Concert, & Book Reviews
March had quite a few album releases, many of which we didn’t get to review, and a few big concerts that we attended…namely Last of the Breed. There was a significant spike in traffic after we posted reviews of both the Austin and Nashville shows.

• Album Reviews: Sunny Sweeney and David Ball
• Album Review: Tim McGraw – Let It Go
• Album Review: Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, And Ray Price – Last of the Breed
• Album Review: Ashley Monroe
• Album Review: Olav Larsen And The Alabama Rodeo Stars – Love’s Come To Town
• Album Review: Travis Rush – Come And Get It
• Album Reviews: No Justice, Keith Bryant, and Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Album Review: Joe Ely – Silver City
• Album Review: Gary Allan – Greatest Hits
• Book Review: Whiskey River (Take My Mind) – Johnny Bush With Rick Mitchell
• Concert Review: George Jones at the Ryman
• Concert Review: Last of the Breed in Nashville
• Concert Review: Last Of The Breed – History In The Making
• Concert Review: SXSW – Palo Duro & Shiner Records Showcase
• Concert Review: SXSW Showcase At Waterloo Ice House

Recommended
With all the album reviews I guess we didn’t get around to recommending very many albums or artists, but I have a few prepared for the coming month that you’ll want to check out.

• Recommended: The Time Jumpers

Exclusive Interviews
Interviews generally take a lot of time to put together, so there will probably never be a large amount of these during one month.

• Interview: Tammy Cochran Loves To Cook And Wants Your Feedback On Her Latest Album

Your Take

• Your Take: How Big Of A Role Do Looks Play In Signing Artists?

MySpace Artist Highlight
MySpace seems to be getting slammed by the spam machine more and more every day, so we try to avoid it most of the time, but it’s still a great place to discover artists.

• MySpace Artist Highlight: Meghan Shanley

Miscellaneous Highlights

• Mailbag: Second Edition
• Legendary Songwriter Hank Cochran Talks About His Hits
  “Songwriters Hall of Fame member Hank Cochran was in studio with WSM radio’s Eddie Stubbs on Thursday night to discuss his legendary career in country music.”
• Richardson Autopsy Answers Lingering Questions About “The Day the Music Died”
  “I ‘discovered’ country music through the early rockabilly of Buddy Holly and his contemporaries, and I retain a strong interest Buddy’s career and the events surrounding his untimely death.”