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Kevin Fowler Is Happy With Where He Is In His Career
Lost Highway Records has put together a page of videos to introduce people to Ryan Bingham and his band. Other videos show some behind the scenes stuff about how the upcoming album Mescalito was made, and depict what life is like on the road for the guys.
In a Q&A with LoneStarMusic Kevin Fowler says he [...]Continue reading "Kevin Fowler Is Happy With Where He Is In His Career"
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Help Lonestar Beer Pick A New Unofficial “National Anthem of Texas”
Out of all the songs he’s written, the music he’s made, and the few movies he’s performed in Lyle Lovett says his greatest joy and accomplishment is rescuing the land that his family sold to developers in the ’80s.
Two police officers have been fired and may spend up to a year in jail after they [...]Continue reading "Help Lonestar Beer Pick A New Unofficial “National Anthem of Texas”"
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Lonestar Names Their New Fearless Leader…I Mean Lead Singer
In his Nickel Creek concert review Chuck Hinton says “Assuming they avoid the many pitfalls of young stardom, the sky is the limit for these fledgling troubadours.”
Has anyone come across Digital Rodeo yet? I just came across it and haven’t had a chance to properly explore, but it looks like a nicely designed social [...]Continue reading "Lonestar Names Their New Fearless Leader…I Mean Lead Singer"
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Kimberly Roads Of Little Big Town Gave Birth To Daisy Pearl
In the wake of Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner says he never had the desire to go beyond what he is–a good country singer and a good country songwriter. The Wall Street Journal on Wagoner:
Porter Wagoner has been, very arguably, the most significant, surprising, emotionally penetrating country music performer of the past 50 [...]Continue reading "Kimberly Roads Of Little Big Town Gave Birth To Daisy Pearl"
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Trisha Yearwood Teams Up With Big Machine Records And Austin City Limits Lineup Released
The Big Rock Candy Mountain Top 100 Drinking Songs is down to the top ten drinking songs of any genre. George Jones and Loretta Lynn made the cut. They’ll be moving the full list over to Barstool Mountain on Monday as they start writing about each individual song. I personally haven’t heard of more than [...]
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Charlie Robison And Kevin Fowler Return From Iraq And Indie Labels Are Changing The Game
Tim McIntire directed me towards a superb article about the rise of indie labels in Nashville and how they’re changing the game.
Light feet, more frugal approaches to recording, solid distribution channels, and the proliferation of Web-based marketing have all dovetailed nicely for the new Nashville indies. All of which translates to a faster return for [...] -
The Merle Haggard Movie And Kevin Fowler’s Rodeo Headlining Debut
Merle Haggard has joined Willie Nelson in promoting the benefits of Biodiesel and will be performing at their National Biodiesel Conference & Expo. In an article from MySA.com Haggard also discusses his album with Jones, his tour with Willie & Ray, and a current autobiographical movie that he’s been working on with Robert Duvall.
Miranda [...]Continue reading "The Merle Haggard Movie And Kevin Fowler’s Rodeo Headlining Debut"
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Kevin Fowler To Entertain Bull Riding Fans And Vince Gill Auctioning Roses For Valentine’s Day
One of the regulars readers of The 9513, Matt C., was at the Colgate Country Showdown yesterday and gave us the scoop on what happened:
The winner of the 25th Annual Colgate Country Showdown is Shelby, NC native Megan Peeler.
Megan sang Waylon Jennings’ “The Wurlitzer Prize” and an original song entitled “Damsel in Distress.” While there [...]
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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
- 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 ...
- Rick: Let us not forget that Catherine Britt was the co-writer with Rory Feek on "Sweet Emmylou". Catherine recorded a rough ...
- Jim Malec: I think "Sweet Emmylou" is the kind of song that few people are capable of writing. There's a reason why ...
- celeritas: I quite like this song but it should not be a single. Curb have lost it with this CD. There ...
