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Hank Jr. Plans To Run For Senate In Next Primaries
Hank Williams Jr. plans to run for a seat in the Senate during the next primaries.
Sleepy LaBeef is a rockabilly artist who got his start in the ’50s and recently released a stripped-down acoustic album, Roots. Steve Morse calls it “a tasteful, change-of-pace LaBeef album for fans who thought they had heard everything from him.” [...]Continue reading "Hank Jr. Plans To Run For Senate In Next Primaries"
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Are You Ready For Some BMI Country Awards; Hank Jr. Honored As Music Icon
Taylor Swift’s “Teardrops On My Guitar” won country song of the year at Tuesday night’s 56th Annual BMI Country Awards and Hank Williams Jr. was honored as a music icon. Casey Beathard, who co-wrote several recent hits including Kenny Chesney’s “Don’t Blink” and George Strait’s “How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls,” earned songwriter of the year. Peter [...]
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Sunday Morning Comment Corral & Forum Roundup, Issue #4
Welcome to your morning–er, late morning–edition of the Roundup, your bird’s eye view of the week in 9513 land. While you’re reliving all the fun we’ve had recently, why not listen to the first episode of our brand-spankin’ new Podcast, which features exclusive performances by Reckless Kelly and Jeremy McComb–you can stream or download it [...]
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Mindy McCready Uses Her ‘Get Out of Jail Early’ Card
Mindy McCready is getting out of jail today after serving just half of her 60-day sentence. Speaking of sentences, TMZ says she read enough of them to finish two books while in the slammer–no word on which books, though.
Trace Adkins, George Jones and daughter Georgette, and Brad Paisley are among the artists performing at the [...]Continue reading "Mindy McCready Uses Her ‘Get Out of Jail Early’ Card"
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Trace Adkins Acknowledges Reality Show Appeal of Living With Six Women
Despite Trace Adkins‘ stellar performance on Celebrity Apprentice, he’s not so sure he’d be up to having a reality show based on his personal life, although he does concede that living with six women would be the perfect premise for a show.
From Gary Allan’s website: With great sadness, we acknowledge the passing of Gary’s father, [...]Continue reading "Trace Adkins Acknowledges Reality Show Appeal of Living With Six Women"
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Who the Country Music Hall of Fame Should Induct Next
For years the Country Music Hall of Fame was caught in the position where many deserving performers had died off before their turn for induction arrived. This was mostly due to the Hall’s practice of electing only one new member per year (and in at least one year, electing no one).
By the time the [...]Continue reading "Who the Country Music Hall of Fame Should Induct Next"
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Billy Joe Shaver Indicted In Shooting
Honky tonk hero Billy Joe Shaver was indicted on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawfully carrying a handgun by a license holder on licensed premises on Wednesday for his involvement in an April 2007 shooting. Both are considered felonies punishable with prison time. Shortly after the shooting, Brady had a chance [...]
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Songwriters Hall to Induct Matraca Berg, Tom Shapiro & John Hiatt
The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame plans to induct Matraca Berg, Tom Shapiro and John Hiatt during ceremonies on Oct. 26. Hiatt is being inducted in the songwriter-artist category while Berg and Shapiro will go in under the songwriter moniker.
Sugar Hill Records announced that they’ve slashed most of the prices in their catalog to the [...]Continue reading "Songwriters Hall to Induct Matraca Berg, Tom Shapiro & John Hiatt"
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Pat Green KO-ed By Flying Beer Can
Pat Green may think twice before asking for another beer from stage:
The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports that late in his show, he shouted, “Anyone got a beer?”
A can of suds suddenly soared from the audience onto the stage. Then a second can from the crowd hit Green between the eyes, knocking him out.
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Hank Jr. Continues Monday Night Football Partnership
Since 1989, Monday Night Football has been associated with Hank Williams Jr.’s “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight,” and this season will continue the tradition. The 59 year-old singer will shoot the new video next month in Los Angeles, and each week will feature team specific lyrics.
Twenty years ago the Dallas Observer launched [...]Continue reading "Hank Jr. Continues Monday Night Football Partnership"
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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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