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Football Game Rumor Causes Minor Frenzy Over Death of Dolly Parton
Despite rumors to the contrary, Dolly Parton has not died.
Ross Bonander relays fives things you didn’t know about Johnny Cash in an article on AskMen.com, for instance, Cash’s recordings at Folsom Prison contain two songs that he had never performed live before, and only learned the night before: the Shel Silverstein penned “A Boy Named [...]Continue reading "Football Game Rumor Causes Minor Frenzy Over Death of Dolly Parton"
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Country Music Loses The Beat With the Passing of Buddy Harman
Buddy Harman, dubbed the father of modern country drumming by Eddie Stubbs, passed away yesterday evening at the age of 79 from congestive heart failure.
A native Nashvillian born Murrey Mizell Harman Jr., Mr. Harman played drums on more than 18,000 recordings, including Roy Orbison’s “Pretty Woman,” Patsy Cline’s “Crazy,” Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire,” Tammy [...]Continue reading "Country Music Loses The Beat With the Passing of Buddy Harman"
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Rebecca Romijn Plans Tribute To Dolly Parton With Baby’s Name
Actress Rebecca Romijn recently met Dolly Parton at her Dollywood theme park and told the country icon that she is going to name one of her twins after her–twin baby, that is.
Long-time Cornell Hurd Band rubboardist and South Austin resident Danny Young passed away last night. He was 67. Aside from playing the rub board, [...]Continue reading "Rebecca Romijn Plans Tribute To Dolly Parton With Baby’s Name"
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News Roundup: Rosanne Cash Responds To John Rich
And now for your late, late news (an abbreviated edition), direct from the home office in Wahoo, Nebraska:
Rosanne Cash responds to John Rich’s claim that her father would be a John McCain supporter:
It is appalling to me that people still want to invoke my father’s name, five years after his death, to ascribe beliefs, ideals, [...]Continue reading "News Roundup: Rosanne Cash Responds To John Rich"
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Jamey Johnson Joins Willie Nelson and Kenny Chesney In Farm Aid Lineup
Jamey Johnson is joining Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Kenny Chesney and Dave Matthews for the Farm Aid music festival in New England on Sept. 20. Maybe this will end up being the first step towards a Jamey Johnson and Willie Nelson studio collaboration. Or maybe I’ll just keep on dreaming my dreams.
Keeping with [...]Continue reading "Jamey Johnson Joins Willie Nelson and Kenny Chesney In Farm Aid Lineup"
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2008 Americana Music Festival Schedule Announced
Here is your 2008 Americana Music Festival schedule.
Doctors discovered a spot on Merle Haggard’s lung on May 5th, but don’t know what it is. Haggard isn’t seeking further treatment for the spot right now, denying rumors of cancer. He says “whatever it was, it’s still there, still the same size.” He did however, discuss the [...]Continue reading "2008 Americana Music Festival Schedule Announced"
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Hee Haw Reruns Coming to TV In September
The comedy show “Hee Haw” featuring performances from country music stars is being resuscitated. The RFD-TV cable channel will begin airing reruns of the Roy Clark and Buck Owens co-hosted show on September 7th.
Peter Cooper has a nice article on Don Helms:
In performance, he would treat audiences to instrumental versions of songs by Williams, [...] -
Sugarland Drops Miley For First Chart-Topper On Billboard 200
Sugarland’s sales saw a 45% decline, but it was still enough to take the top spot from Miley Cyrus on the Billboard 200 chart.
Leave it to Jamey Johnson to turn the often humorous Photocrap blog serious.
Jamey Johnson makes another appearance on Unplugged at Studio 330 next week, but for now you can go check out [...]Continue reading "Sugarland Drops Miley For First Chart-Topper On Billboard 200"
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Sound Off On Carrie Underwood’s New Video For “Just A Dream”
Watch the new video for Carrie Underwood’s “Just A Dream,” and then go voice your opinion in the forums.
The proceedings for a lawsuit filed against Tim McGraw over a year ago were moved to Nashville last week. James Martinez filed the lawsuit in Texas, claiming McGraw copied his hit “Everywhere” from Martinez’s own song “Anytime, [...]Continue reading "Sound Off On Carrie Underwood’s New Video For “Just A Dream”"
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Initial List Of Artists Announced For Americana Music Festival
Check out the initial list of artists performing at the 2008 Americana Music Festival in Nashville.
Nashville Star is on the verge of crowning the victor of their sixth season on tonight’s episode, which means Melissa Lawson has a real chance of winning. However, as the Star-Telegram’s Preston Jones points out, Lawson doesn’t fit the mold [...]Continue reading "Initial List Of Artists Announced For Americana Music Festival"
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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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