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Willie, Merle & Ray Could Be Country Equivalent Of The Rat Pack
Michelle Wright remembers the small town she came from and is returning to Canada to go on a small tour. The Brampton Guardian has a short interview with Wright. Her thoughts on Canadians traveling to the US to kick start their careers:
I think it is really a good, positive thing to celebrate the Canadians that [...]Continue reading "Willie, Merle & Ray Could Be Country Equivalent Of The Rat Pack"
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Angela Hacker Wins Nashville Star, Miranda Lambert Hits Platinum, And Josh Turner Goes Double Platinum
In a story that seems to never get old to the media, the Dixie Chicks are apparently patriotic since they criticized President Bush.
We’re a few days late, but Angela Hacker is your new Nashville Star. Her debut album will be released in less than a month, April 3rd.
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Kenny Chesney Squashes Gay Rumors & George Strait Earns His 54th Number One
There are only seven days left in the Last of The Breed ticket contest, so if you’re planning on entering you better do it now. Only six people are entered at the moment and it’s still anyone’s contest to win if they really want it. Update: This contest has ended. Congratulations to the winners.
Kenny Chesney [...]
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Mailbag: The First Edition
This is the first edition of the mailbag, except instead of answering questions that people sent to me via email, I pulled some questions from the search queries in our stats program that people used to find The 9513. Let’s get started.
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Who wrote the lyrics to “Stupid Boy” sang by Keith Urban?
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Urban Out Of Rehab, Clay Walker Gets Engaged, And George Jones 101
Today has been kind of slow on the news front. I think all the cold weather is killing everyone’s productivity levels, or maybe that’s just us? Funny how that works, we’re trapped indoors where it seems like we could sit down and just write, but then nothing comes out. Nevertheless, on to the news:
Keith Urban [...]
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Bucky Covington Signs To Lyric Street Records And Jimmy Buffett Goes Gold
First off, go check out Brody’s review of the Randy Rogers Band concert last Saturday night. I added a few pictures to the bottom of his post.
Afterwards, you can finish reading the following news.I guess Bucky Covington must have proved he’s got what it takes to be a country music performer afterall, for he has [...]
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Clay Walker Returns From A Three Year Hiatus
Clay Walker hasn’t recorded anything new since his album, A Few Questions, was released three years ago. He is scheduled to have an album out in January, which was originally planned to be released in March. However, his new single, “‘Fore she was Mama”, is rising so fast the record label moved the [...]
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In an attempt to discover and highlight the best music every month, We'll be publishing a list of the best songs released throughout that period. Here's Brady Vercher's picks for October.
For the second episode of The 9513 Country Music Podcast, your host Kelly Dearmore caught up with two seemingly different artists in Sarah Borges and Trent Willmon. Take a listen.
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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