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Jo Dee Messina Welcomes Her First Child
Jo Dee Messina and her husband welcomed their first baby, Noah Roger Deffenbaugh, into the world at a Nashville-area hospital yesterday.
The folks from the Music Fog blog interviewed Bruce Robison and Sunny Sweeney at the Black Tie & Boots Inaugural Ball yesterday and posted videos of performances from Cross Canadian Ragweed, Jack Ingram, Gary P. [...] -
Blaze Foley and Bill Neely Among Musicians To Be Enshrined In Austin Music Memorial
Singer-songwriter Blaze Foley, whose song “If I Could Only Fly” was popularized by Merle Haggard, and country bluesman Bill Neely are two of the artists among the second group of deceased Austin musicians set to be inducted into the Austin Music Memorial.
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Jon Hager of Hee-Haw’s The Hager Twins Found Dead
Jon Hager, who performed as one-half of The Hager Twins with his brother Jim in the original cast of Hee-Haw, passed away last week at the age of 67. Sam Lovullo, a producer of Hee-Haw and friend of the Hagers, said Jon had been in poor health and was depressed since Jim had died in [...]
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Dailey & Vincent Announce New Album, Brothers From Different Mothers
On March 31, Dailey & Vincent, the new duo who captured an unprecedented seven International Bluegrass Music Awards in October, will release Brothers From Different Mothers, their second album through Rounder Records.
Darren White reviewed Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison’s Holiday Show for the Star-Telegram, and he admits that it might be country heresy to say [...]Continue reading "Dailey & Vincent Announce New Album, Brothers From Different Mothers"
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John Rich Marries Longtime Girlfriend, Former Model Joan Bush
John Rich married Joan Bush, his girlfriend for more than five years and a former model, on Saturday at a small ceremony in Nashville.
Among the guests who payed tribute to George Jones at the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday night were President Bush and First lady Laura Bush along with musical performances by Brad Paisley, [...]Continue reading "John Rich Marries Longtime Girlfriend, Former Model Joan Bush"
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Taylor Swift Makes Billboard Album Chart Her You Know What
Taylor Swift annihilated the competition this week to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums charts for her sophomore album Fearless, with sales of 592,000 albums. Even if her digital sales were the only numbers counted, she’d still have enough to drop in the No. 4 spot at 129,000 copies [...]
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Reba McEntire Inks Deal With Valory Music Co.
Reba McEntire signed with Valory Music Co., the sister label to Big Machine Records. It’s a move that reunites her with Scott Borchetta, who she worked with at MCA Nashville to earn 14 #1 singles and sell over 22 million albums. (via press release)
New releases for the week of 11/11/08 include:Allison Krauss – A Hundred [...]
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Bruce Robison Rearranges Hits For His Greatest
On Nov. 11 Bruce Robison will digitally release His Greatest, an album of ten songs from his catalog that he rerecorded with new arrangements. The physical copy will be in stores on January 20. “Some of the songs have changed a bit along the way, a little slower, faster, or maybe reflecting a bit of [...]
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Best Songs of September ‘08
September saw a rash of superb releases that tended to dominate the list, although eleven different albums end up making an appearance. I have to think artists that know what they’re doing are able to duplicate quality while others only reach greatness every once in awhile due to luck. A couple of interesting notes about [...]
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Sunday Morning Comment Corral & Forum Roundup, Issue #3
It’s been a while since our last edition of the roundup, but not to worry–it’s back this week, and it’s back to stay. Just consider this your Sunday morning newspaper–The 9513 style!
Big things are happening here at The 9513–we think you’re going to love what we’ve got in store for you over the next few [...]Continue reading "Sunday Morning Comment Corral & Forum Roundup, Issue #3"
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