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Artists to Watch in 2008 (Part 2 of 5): The Comeback Kids
In yesterday’s installment of my five-part 2008 preview, I discussed six artists who are on the brink of fading into obscurity. Today, I’m bringing you the flip side–five artists who are poised to re-establish their careers in the new year.
Clint Black (Equity): Black’s late 2007 single “The Strong One” has been clawing its way slowly [...]Continue reading "Artists to Watch in 2008 (Part 2 of 5): The Comeback Kids"
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Patty Griffin Scores Two Awards At AMAs
Merle Haggard’s latest album, The Bluegrass Sessions, “was produced by a bluegrass musician with bluegrass musicians, recorded at a bluegrass studio, released on a bluegrass label, racked under bluegrass in record stores, aired on bluegrass radio, covered by the bluegrass press, and it’s currently in it’s fourth consecutive week at # 1 on Billboard’s Bluegrass [...]
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Has the Opry Lowered its Membership Standards?
Josh Turner is among my favorite contemporary radio artists and I cheered his invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry. It seemed to me that his induction was more or less inevitable after the success of Your Man and its descendent singles, but in the time leading up to and now succeeding his Opry invitation, [...]
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Garth Brooks Returning To The Stage For One Night Only
This is the first mention I’ve heard of it, but Jamey Johnson released an album at the end of August that’s available only as a digital download (iTunes, Rhapsody, etc.). That Lonesome Song contains 13 songs, 11 of which Johnson has some kind of writing credit on. Definitely worth checking out.
The reality show Nashville [...]Continue reading "Garth Brooks Returning To The Stage For One Night Only"
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Grand Ole Opry Finds New Home With XM Satellite Radio
Houston Press ranks the 10 worst songs to ever come out of Houston. Both Kenny Rogers and Clint Black make the list for “You Decorated My Life” and “I Raq and Roll” (which sounds horrible from the title alone). Both artists also make The Houston 100, a list of Houston’s top songs ever. The list [...]
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Exhibit Planned By CMHoF To Pay Tribute To Hank Williams’ Influence
Randy Owen, singer and primary songwriter for the group Alabama, is currently working on his first solo project and you’ll never believe who he has producing it–John Rich. It seems like he has his hands all over everything coming out of Nashville these days.
“Alabama, his voice, that band, was a major impact on every artist [...]Continue reading "Exhibit Planned By CMHoF To Pay Tribute To Hank Williams’ Influence"
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Martin Sheen Claims Bush Bullied Dixie Chicks
I get the distinct feeling that Martin Sheen doesn’t care for George Bush after the comments he recently made over the President’s handling of the Dixie Chicks incident four years ago.
“If George W. Bush were a true Christian, like he proclaims himself to be, you know what he would have done? He’d have invited them [...]Continue reading "Martin Sheen Claims Bush Bullied Dixie Chicks"
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Clint Black - “The Strong One”
On April 24th, The 9513 reported that Clint Black was back in the studio working on a new, untitled album. We still don’t have a title (or a release date) for that project–however, the first single is now at radio. “The Strong One”, a well crafted mid-tempo about the sacrifices made by women (and [...]
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Willie Nelson Avoids Jail Time And Clint Black Is Back In The Studio
Martina McBride has answered twenty questions from fans on CMT.com. She talks about how she stays grounded and keeps a very normal life, spending time with her family, a possible duet with Faith Hill, and hands out some positive advice.
How have you kept yourself and your family away from the tabloid press?
We really don’t have [...]Continue reading "Willie Nelson Avoids Jail Time And Clint Black Is Back In The Studio"
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The Merle Haggard Movie And Kevin Fowler’s Rodeo Headlining Debut
Merle Haggard has joined Willie Nelson in promoting the benefits of Biodiesel and will be performing at their National Biodiesel Conference & Expo. In an article from MySA.com Haggard also discusses his album with Jones, his tour with Willie & Ray, and a current autobiographical movie that he’s been working on with Robert Duvall.
Miranda [...]Continue reading "The Merle Haggard Movie And Kevin Fowler’s Rodeo Headlining Debut"
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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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