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The 9513 Last.fm Chart Update (11-1-09)
Last.fm Top Artists
Two familiar faces are tied for #1 this week, as George Strait and Miranda Lambert both have 24 listeners. Alan Jackson is one behind to end up at #3, and the group of artists at #4 with 21 listeners includes Taylor Swift, Patty Loveless, Keith Urban and Johnny Cash. For Swift and Urban, [...] -
The 9513 Last.fm Chart Update (10-25-09)
The 9513 Group has grown to 127 members, but while our membership increases, the quality of our charts remains exemplary. You could take the Top 50 artists on these charts (minus Kelly Clarkson) and build a killer radio playlist with them. It’s split about 50-50 between mainstream country acts and the alt-country/country legends that make [...]
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The 9513 Last.fm Chart Update (10-18-09)
Last.fm Top Artists
The margin was a little closer this week, but Miranda Lambert is the Artist of the Week for the third straight week, with 28 listeners. Apparently, three weeks of listening to her pretty consistently required some people to take a little break and try out the rest of their music collection. George Strait [...] -
Garth Brooks Unretires; Colonel Tommy Cash; Stream Drew Kennedy; Taylor Swift to Host SNL
At a Nashville press conference today, Garth Brooks announced that he’s coming out of retirement with an extended engagement at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas.
Taylor Swift scored Saturday Night Live hosting duties for Nov. 7.
Singer-songwriter Drew Kennedy, one-half of The 9513 sponsored New American Voices tour, debuted his newest album last night. The full [...] -
The 9513 Last.fm Chart Update (10-11-09)
Welcome to our new members, as The 9513’s group has shot past the 120-member mark. The more the merrier, so if you want to add your music collection to our data, please join up. All the cool people are doing it. One quick note: There is no Americana Music chart this week since the information [...]
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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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The Little Nashville Opry Burned Down; Music Fog Films Americana Festival; Jerry Lee Lewis Download
The Little Nashville Opry in Nashville, Indiana burned down over the weekend.
In celebration of the fall return of “Opry Country Classics,” Opry.com asked a few country artists to name their favorite country classics. (via Country Music Tattle Tale)
At least one country music DJ is upset that his station received a prerecorded interview with [...] -
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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Jack Ingram’s Art; More Than 100 Arrested at Chesney Concert; Darius Rucker Free at the Opry
Jack Ingram on pressure and his approach to making music:
Billboard: Do you feel more pressure now that you’re having more success?
Ingram: I’m a father, there’s a business that has my name on it, there’s a lot of things going on that create that pressure, but I love it. There’s an element to making my music [...] -
Les Paul Moves On; IBMA Awards Announces Nominees; Streaming Reba
Les Paul, the father of modern guitar and pioneer of multi-track recording among other things, passed away yesterday at the age of 94 from complications of pneumonia. (The Wall Street Journal | NPR | USA Today | Associated Press)
Texas Monthly published a round table interview with five Texas musicians — Guy Clark, Patty Griffin, Sonny [...]Continue reading "Les Paul Moves On; IBMA Awards Announces Nominees; Streaming Reba"
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