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Trace Adkins To Honor United 93 Passengers; Exclusive Miranda Lambert EP; Tribute to Silverstein
Trace Adkins is scheduled to perform the national anthem at this year’s ceremony honoring the passengers who died on United Airlines Flight 93 in Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.
Best Buy has an exclusive EP from Miranda Lambert today that includes “Dead Flowers” and three bonus tracks from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend that were offered by different retailers. [...] -
Story Of Johnny Cash’s Early Career To Be Told By First Wife In New Book
There’s plenty of books about the marriage and life of June Carter and Johnny Cash, and we’ve seen the movie I Walk The Line, but now we’ll get a chance to read about The Man In Black from his first wife, Vivian, in I Walked The Line: My Life With Johnny.
On August 28, Jim Murphy [...]Continue reading "Story Of Johnny Cash’s Early Career To Be Told By First Wife In New Book"
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Authenticty Is The Deciding Factor In The Future Of Country Music
John Goodspeed writes that the reason Miranda Lambert’s single “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” was pulled from radio was because “radio programmers couldn’t quite get their heads around a song about an angry, pistol-packing ex confronting her former boyfriend and his new babe.”
The Austin Chronicle has a couple of book reviews. The first Public Cowboy No. 1: The [...]Continue reading "Authenticty Is The Deciding Factor In The Future Of Country Music"
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Sparkle & Twang: Marty Stuart To Showcase His Country Music Memorabilia On June 6
Big State Festival: Early bird tickets go one sale June 5th at 7am.
Trace Adkins says that his management company, record label, and publicist hate it when he wears his hair down, “They just hate it when it’s down, so I wear it down just to make ‘em mad.” He also notes that he hasn’t ruled [...]Continue reading "Sparkle & Twang: Marty Stuart To Showcase His Country Music Memorabilia On June 6"
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Recommended: Joey Allcorn
While I was browsing around the interwebs, an ad for an artist caught my eye and I liked the artwork, so being intrigued, I checked it out and boy am I glad I did. The ad was for an artist named Joey Allcorn and his latest album is 50 Years Too Late, but I [...]
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iPod Shuffle Contest Winners
This contest wouldn’t have been possible without the help of a lot of people and, of whom, we are very gracious for their support. So, I’d like to go through and thank each and every one of them and post their contact information so that anyone that appreciates their support can thank them as well.
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More Music On The iPod Shuffle, Contest Ending Soon
We’ve been working with a few labels throughout the month to get some music on the iPod Shuffle for our contest, but have been waiting until we received the CDs in the mail before updating details here on the website. Fortunately, we’ve verified quite a few new albums that will be included on the iPod. [...]
Continue reading "More Music On The iPod Shuffle, Contest Ending Soon"
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The 9513 1GB iPod Shuffle Contest
This contest has ended and you can view the results in the iPod Shuffle Contest Winners post. We’ll be running more contests in the future, so stay tuned to The 9513 if you’d like to enter. If you’re an artist and would like to participate in future contests, just send us an email to editor@the9513.com [...]
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