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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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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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MySpace Artist Of The Week: Johnny Cooper
By now everyone who reads this blog has heard of Johnny Cooper, he was one of the artists participating in the iPod contest. We’ve been wanting to feature him as our MySpace Artist of the Week for a while, but have been holding off so we could include an interview. Previously we just wrote [...]
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A Few Albums Worth Checking Out
I’ve listened to a lot of music in the past month that’s worth recommending and have thus compiled a list of a few of the albums I have acquired myself. I’ll be doing some recommendations like this every so often just so people get a sense of the type of music I like and that [...]
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Music Added To iPod Shuffle Contest: Johnny Cooper & The Josh Davis Band
We have received some new albums for the iPod Shuffle contest and are still waiting on some others before we announce them. We’ll keep you updated as we add more. You can find the recently added artists below.
Johnny Cooper is the next big thing in the Texas Country/Red Dirt scene. He’s already performed with some [...]
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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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