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Rucker Proves That Sometimes, The Best Marketing Is No Marketing At All
Don’t look now, but Darius Rucker, lead singer of 90s rock group Hootie & The Blowfish, has a country hit on his hands. “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” currently sits at number 14 on Billboard’s country singles chart and continues to pick up spins. What you probably haven’t heard is that Rucker […]
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Black Crowes Sue Gretchen Wilson For Copyright Infringement
Let us know what you think about Black Crowes suing Gretchen Wilson over the song she sang for a “Saving Grace” commercial. Do they have a case? (Thanks to Paula for the link)
Congrats to the fine folks over at Country Universe for passing one million views since moving their blog to WordPress two years ago. […]Continue reading "Black Crowes Sue Gretchen Wilson For Copyright Infringement"
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Mailbag: How Can I Get More Than A Memory?
What artist is switching to country music?
Snoop Dogg apparently has an Everlast country song on his new album, Jessica Simpson is from Texas and therefore undeniably country, and Bon Jovi and the Eagles tried on a pair of country music boots last year–so tell me, which artists aren’t switching to country music? - Brody
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Chris LeDoux To Encore With “Ridin’ For A Fall” Video
Capitol Nashville/EMI will honor the legacy of Chris LeDoux on April 29th with a new CD/DVD collection titled Classic Chris LeDoux.
Among the 15 audio tracks and 15 videos on the new collection are LeDoux’s “Bang A Drum” with Jon Bon Jovi, “Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy” with Garth Brooks, and the music video for […]Continue reading "Chris LeDoux To Encore With “Ridin’ For A Fall” Video"
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Jumping Ship: Reflections on Americana Music
It was hard times for roots based country acts in the 90s. Garth and Shania delivered an enormous audience to country music that the Nashville establishment had no intention of losing, and people who were playing “traditional” country music were being increasingly marginalized in favor of those who were playing a more pop-based variety. Country […]
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The Year in Review: Top 20 Country Music News Stories of 2007
The 9513 began as a country music news site. During the past year we have diversified our content but daily news roundups remain popular among our readers. Thus, it’s only fitting that our Year in Review series for 2007 ends with a roundup of the year’s top country music news stories.
20. Sammy Kershaw’s Troubles. I […]Continue reading "The Year in Review: Top 20 Country Music News Stories of 2007"
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Gary Allan Divulges Songwriting Tip From Harlan Howard
Chet Flippo gives kudos to Beverly Keel for her open letter to Jessica Simpson, questions her role in the dreadful interpretation of Dukes of Hazzard for the big screen, and has a few words for those singers from other genres who seem to always show up and proclaim that they’ve always been country.
One of the […]Continue reading "Gary Allan Divulges Songwriting Tip From Harlan Howard"
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Carrie Underwood Dubbed World’s Sexiest Vegetarian. World Yawns.
It’s been mentioned about a billion times by now, but Carrie Underwood was named the World’s Sexiest Vegetarian woman by PETA. Glancing over some of the past winners, I didn’t realize how many celebrities were vegetarians.
PopMatters dishes out some praise for Kelly Willis’s Translated From Love, giving it an 8 out of 10, while […]Continue reading "Carrie Underwood Dubbed World’s Sexiest Vegetarian. World Yawns."
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Johnny Rodriguez Arrested And Charged With Three Felonies
In her article on how country music went from chest-thumping to introspection when it comes to the war, Michelle Cottle writes “country music may never turn its back on Bush’s disastrous Middle East adventure. But war weariness is quietly creeping into even the reddest of red-state culture.”
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Barefooted Performer Pat Green Likens Playing On Stage To Working In His Den
Last week Linda from Still Is Still Moving had her blog name checked by Willie Nelson on Bill Mack’s XM Radio show. The excitement doesn’t stop there, she called in this week and actually got to talk to Willie!
Linda: Hello, Willie, this is Linda, from Colorado. I’m the person who has the stillisstillmoving.com website.
Willie: Oh, […]Continue reading "Barefooted Performer Pat Green Likens Playing On Stage To Working In His Den"
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