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Aaron Watson - “Love Makin’ Song”
Anything described as amped-up country is typically nothing more than rock with a dash of twang (usually contrived), but in the case of Aaron Watson’s latest single, “Love Makin’ Song,” amped-up country is an apt moniker. At the same time, it can’t be described as anything other than honest to goodness country. The first [...]
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Q&A: The Honky Tonk Kid, Aaron Watson, Is All About The Old School
Aaron Watson’s latest album, Angels & Outlaws was released yesterday, April 1, and I had the opportunity to have him answer a few questions for the readers here at The 9513. Read on to find out what his favorite songs are on the new album, who he’d like to record with in the future, and [...]
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A Fashion Line of Kenny Chesney Jeans Is In Concept Stage
A fashion line of Kenny Chesney jeans is currently in the concept stage, according to a spokesman for Sights Denim Systems. Hopefully they’ll go well with the Toby Keith Hats.
California-base label Shout! Factory acquired the catalog of Hightone Records last Friday. Past Hightone artists include Hank Thompsn, Joe Ely, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Tom Russell, Dale [...]Continue reading "A Fashion Line of Kenny Chesney Jeans Is In Concept Stage"
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Aaron Watson Giveaway: Angels & Outlaws
Angels & Outlaws contains covers of Waylon and John Mayer, a scripture reading by Billy Joe Shaver, “Barbed Wire Halo” from Aaron Watson’s previous album of the same name, and eleven new songs, with most of them featuring a writing credit by Watson. Kevin Fowler, Jack Ingram, Roger Creager, and Ray Benson make an appearance [...]
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Aaron Watson Believes In The Good Ol’ Boy Business Model
Aaron Watson talked to Lynne Margolis about where he got the nickname Honky-tonk Kid, how he got hooked up with Ray Benson and the relationship he has with him, and about how he separates time between the road and home. His upcoming album will have a John Mayer song, a Waylon song titled “Tulsa,” and [...]
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Jason Boland and Aaron Watson Team Up for Texas Tour
Score 1 for the traditional country fans in Texas. Jason Boland and Aaron Watson announced they’ll be joining forces for a tour across the Lone Star State starting in April.
While discussing past magazine ideas, No Depression’s Grant Alden mentions the issue with Miranda Lambert on the cover was, to the best of his knowledge, [...]Continue reading "Jason Boland and Aaron Watson Team Up for Texas Tour"
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Aaron Watson - “Hearts Are Breaking Across Texas”
Songwriters: Aaron Watson
It’s funny that a guy can sing Strait up country and actually be considered different nowadays. Such is the case with Aaron Watson, who displays the same keen knack as Alan Jackson for expressing meaningful sentiments in seemingly simple songs, and all the while, he features the fiddle and steel guitar as [...]Continue reading "Aaron Watson - “Hearts Are Breaking Across Texas”"
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The Demise of No Depression
The alt-country music magazine No Depression will cease to exist after publishing the May-June issue. The current issue of the magazine contains a statement that basically says the decline in music sales is adversely affecting their means to make money. Despite what the magazine’s title reads, that’s pretty depressing news.
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The Best Country Songs of 2007
First off, Happy New Year to everyone. To start the new year off, we’ve compiled a list of the best songs from 2007. The staff had a lengthy discussion about which songs should be available for nomination for such a list and we decided that a song had to be an original recording on an [...]
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Americana Airplay Published Year-End Top 100
Check out 2007’s Top 100 Albums according the Americana Airplay chart. Lucinda Williams, Ryan Adams, Kelly Willis, Son Volt, and Patty Griffin top the list.
Jimmie Dale Gilmore generally prefers to interpret other songwriters’ songs, but is currently working on a CD of new, original songs for release in 2008. He reveals that The Flatlanders will [...]Continue reading "Americana Airplay Published Year-End Top 100"
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Free Music Downloads: If you’ve only recently come to country music, or have never delved past the genre’s surface and it’s most famous names, you may not have heard of Tom Russell. That’s a shame, and The 9513’s Free Music series is here to help set you down the right path.
Martina McBride - “Ride” Catchy, but a little low on cogency–not to mention originality. And it essentially resolves into the same kind of positive “message song” that has defined so much of McBride’s recent work.
Richie McDonald - “How Do I Just Stop” So gloriously simple and unequivocally lackluster that people of every political persuasion should rejoice in the opportunity to come together and have a hearty laugh at its expense.
Donnie Vondra - “If I Didn’t Love You” Combinining a golden trifecta of country music—steel guitar, fiddle and a strong, twangy vocal—"If I Didn't Love You" pulls together a sweet, toe-tapping ditty reminiscent of Marty Raybon-era Shenandoah.
Lance Miller - “Bacon Frying” A charming country song that is beautiful for its simplicity, a musical remnant from a time when songwriters understood that often the best thing to do is just get out of the song’s way.
John Rich - “Another You” For a guy who is supposed to be a genius songwriter, John Rich sure does seem to be running out of ideas. 
George Ducas - “Walk Through This World” Ducas banks on the success of recent artists’ pleasantly bland lyrics and agreeable instrumentation for his first release with WhiteStar Nashville.
In this exclusive interview for The 9513, Little Big Town’s Jimi Westbrook talks about life with the band, as well as A Place to Land, the group’s current album, which has charted in the top 10 of Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart on two separate occasions
Forgotten Artists: Cal Smith - When the Florida Sunshine Opry (Eustis, FL) booked its first “name” (non-local) act back in 1999, the act they chose was Cal Smith. No wonder, since Cal is an excellent singer, musician, storyteller and showman. | View more artists featured in Paul W. Dennis' recurring "Forgotten Artists" feature »
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