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Guilty Women’s Amy Farris Found Dead; Nashville at Nite Returns; New 1100 Springs Music on the Horizon;
Austin native and fiddler Amy Farris, who was part of the group The Guilty Women that played with Dave Alvin, was found dead at her residence in Los Angeles at the age of 40. Suicide is suspected, although an investigation is still underway.
Alt-512 Music Musings posted audio of Corb Lund’s CD-release show at Threadgill’s on [...] -
Ruby Wright Passed Away; New Releases; Holly Williams Married; Stream Cash’s ‘The List’
Ruby Wright, the daughter of Johnny Wright and Kitty Wells, was found dead in her apartment on Sunday. The cause of death was presumably heart problems.
Ms. Wright’s best known single was her 1964 “answer” to Roger Miller’s “Dang Me.” Her version was called “Dern Ya,” and it was featured in the Country Music Hall of [...] -
The New And Improved Last.fm + Chart Update
Welcome to The 9513’s chart update, now with twice the charts. We’re trying a couple new things to give a slightly broader reach of what’s going on in the country chart world, so let me know if you like the changes. The focus of this feature will continue to be The 9513’s Last.fm charts, however, [...]
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Friday Five: The Year’s Best Bird Songs
Birds are creepy, as anyone who’s seen a certain Hitchcock film knows. But from the great speckled bird to Dolly Parton’s little sparrow, these hollow-boned, beady-eyed creatures are something of a country music fixture. Let’s give a listen to some of 2009’s bird songs.
5. “Basket of Singing Birds” – Missy Raines & The New Hip
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The 9513 Last.fm Chart Update (8-23-09)
Even with a highly anticipated new album, Reba McEntire couldn’t manage to top the perennial 1-2 combo of George Strait (28 listeners) and Sugarland (24) on the Top Artists charts this week. Her 21 listeners for the week are fairly impressive, but when one of the biggest stars in country music in the last 30 [...]
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Brooks & Dunn Split; New Releases; Oklahoma Hall Inducts Carrie Underwood;
So, did you hear Brooks & Dunn are splitting up? The duo will release #1’s…and then some next month and take a farewell tour, The Last Rodeo Tour, in 2010.
Your take: As a duo, is Brooks & Dunn’s Hall of Fame inclusion a forgone conclusion?Country Universe listed 10 essential tracks and two hidden treasures [...]
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What’s the Difference: Texas vs. Nashville; The Devil Makes Three Free Live Session
Brad from Galleywinter on the homogenization of the Texas music scene:
When it came back into flavor in the late 90’s, it had an edge and was different. Then, as has been pointed out so many times here and elsewhere, the scene got flooded with no-talent hacks singing bad beer-soaked GCDC poetry. People that can’t write, [...] -
Holly Williams Engaged; Red Cross Adds Julianne Hough; And Chris Gaines?
Holly Williams is now engaged to Nashville Drummer Chris Coleman.
NashvilleGab published a video from TMZ of Tim McGraw kicking the fan out of his recent concert. There’s not much to see unless you’re looking at Tim’s hideous shirt.
Caitlin & Will turned in a second version of the video for “Address in the Stars.” The differences [...]Continue reading "Holly Williams Engaged; Red Cross Adds Julianne Hough; And Chris Gaines?"
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Honky Tonk Happy Hour: Sharing Music
I am drawn towards two things–vocalists and steel guitar players. I keep my ears out for both. But especially the former. Contemporary country music has drowned out the latter. But that’s another column.
So, when someone said that Holly Williams is their new favorite female vocalist, I thought I’d check her out.
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Radney Foster Celebrates 50th; Songs On Songwriting; Free Mark Wills
Austin Music Source’s Brian T. Atkinson published a brief Q&A with Radney Foster, who celebrates his 50th birthday with a star-studded lineup at Hill’s Cafe tonight.
Darius Rucker told us recently that he’s thought of recording your entire ‘Del Rio, Texas, 1959’ album.
Well, that’s incredibly flattering (laughs). I’ve known for a long time that he’s a [...]Continue reading "Radney Foster Celebrates 50th; Songs On Songwriting; Free Mark Wills"
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