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Sony BMG Apologizes To Radio For Cease-And-Desist Demands
Jason Aldean’s producer, Michael Knox, on the singer:
“The first time I saw Jason Aldean, I knew I couldn’t have found a better act that gels the past and future of country music better than he does,” Knox said. “He’s got a unique sound we’ve been working together to perfect for almost 10 years now.”Sony BMG [...]
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Kristofferson In Austin This Weekend And Last Of The Breed Is Back For Another Round
Austin 360 details the connections that were made to bring Kris Kristofferson to Austin this weekend for the Road to Austin concert. Basically it started 17 years ago when a guitar player by the name of Stephen Bruton met up with Kristofferson, who asked him to play in his band.
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Sonny James, George Strait, and Harold Bradley Make The Hall And Brad Paisley Pranked
Sonny James, George Strait, and Harold Bradley were all inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame last November, but the ceremony for their induction wasn’t held until this past Sunday night at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
Heralded by Guitar Player as the most-recorded guitarist in the world, Bradley is the first [...]
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John Rich Is Producing Jewel’s Country Album And Brad Paisley Running On Backup Reserve Of Adrenaline
Andrew Dansby encourages listeners hearing Jack Ingram for the first time to explore the artist’s back catalog of music. Ingram considers his newest album to be an extension of his past work, part of the trajectory that he would like is career to take.
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Country Singers To Be Honored On Walk Of Fame, Reba Misses Her Sitcom, And Class Begins Tomorrow For GJU
Country singers Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, Wynonna Judd, and three other inductees will be honored on the The Music City Walk of Fame on April 22nd in downtown Nashville.
Finalists for the MerleFest 2007 songwriting contest have been announced. The titles of the songs from the country category include: “Operation: Get Back Home” (I wonder what [...] -
Henson Cargill Passed Away, Blake Shelton Defends Reality Stars, And Wynonna Judd Files For Divorce
Album review for Jack Ingram’s This Is It:
“This Is It” only sounds calculated on its first single, an unnecessary cover of the rock band Hinder’s recent hit ballad, “Lips of an Angel.” Ingram imposes his gravelly twang onto the challenging vocal arrangement, but otherwise does little to make it his own. He also tacks on [...] -
Willie Excited Every Morning He Wakes Up And Kenny Chesney Celebrates Star Studded Birthday
Willie Nelson did an interview with CMT Insider in which he discusses his new record label, his sons, working with Kenny Chesney, and attracting women like Jessica Simpson and Mariah Carey.
What do you wake up in the morning the most excited about?
That I woke up. (laughs) That knocks me out every morning.
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Merle Haggard Misses The Old Times And Kelly Clarkson Surprises Fans At The Wreckers Concert
It took me a little longer to do the news today due to some lengthy articles from Texas Music Times and Hardcore Troubadours.
Congrats to Picthfork Media for winning the ‘Best Weblog About Music’ category at the 7th Annual Weblog Awards at SXSW.
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Sara Evans Divorce Update, Planned Chris LeDoux Statue, And New Willie Nelson Record Label
In an effort to curb what is called “payola” in the radio industry, radio broadcasters have agreed to pay the government 12.5 million and provide free airtime for independent record labels and local artists. The article doesn’t list any genres specifically, but hopefully this deal is inclusive of the country genre and we’ll see some [...]
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Last Of The Breed Tickets In Austin Are Moving Fast And Jack Ingram On The Cover Of Texas Monthly
Man, I knew when I woke up on Saturday that tickets for the Willie, Merle, and Ray concert were going to be on sale, but I figured I’d wait until today to purchase them so that Brady, Jenna, and I would be in the office to decide how many to get. We decided to purchase [...]
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We've labored long and hard to come up with our list of the Top 10 Country Albums of 2008. Click here to see who claimed the honor of the year's top album, as chosen by The 9513's staff and writers.
Don’t confuse disappointing with worst, as that list would most likely be dominated by obscure indie knockoff bands along with a couple of mainstream releases. There has to be a modicum of expectation that’s dashed upon the release of an album for it to qualify for the year’s most disappointing.
Join host Kelly Dearmore as he shines the light on several noteworthy album releases you might have missed and interviews various artists, from Sarah Borges to Trent Willmon and Reckless Kelly to Wade Bowen, in the first two episode of The 9513 podcast.
Jim Malec counts down the top 20 country music news stories of 2008. How many times do you think John Rich will be mentioned?Current Discussion
- Trailer: My mother used to have Tupperware parties so yes, I remember them. The Gourds new album is fine.
- Rick: So Carrie Underwood scored big time at the "American Idol Audience FanBot Awards". I'm shocked! (lol) Wow, based upon those pictures ...
- Leeann Ward: While I was surprised to see this song at the top spot, it was a pleasant surprise. I think ...
- Brody Vercher: @Drew - Here's an article cached by Google from The Tennessean.
- northtexas: Jewel commented in her blog: People's Choice Awards Recap Posted in From Jewel on January 7, 2009 Hi! So the awards ...
- Drew: Is there any link to the Eddy Arnold accusation story? I'm interested to read the whole thing.
- Jim C.: Is there such a thing as 'the Americana scene'? Maybe just Russell is projecting his own thoughts on his crappy band.
- Paula_W: The People Choose Underwood and Flatts At People’s Choice Awards What people? Not me!
- Nashville4U: Great to see Carrie Underwood win those awards but Rascal Flatts....I don't know if they deserved that one. Also that ...
- Brady Vercher: Britt's demo is tacked onto the end of the final track, "Bruised," on her Little Wildflower album, but like Rick ...
