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Billy Joe Shaver “Connected” To Shooting And Dolly Parton Fantasizes About Women
Billy Joe Shaver has been linked to a shooting at a bar in the suburbs of his hometown, Waco. After reading the article I don’t see where the connection is being made. Everyone involved in the case is being hush-hush about the details. It could be that Shaver was merely present at the bar where [...]
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Paul Wall Disappointed In Not Meeting Willie And Richie McDonald Leaves Lonestar
Bon Jovi’s attempt at a country album, Lost Highway, is set to hit stores on June 19. The first single from the album, “(You Want To) Make a Memory,” will make its way to radio today.
Rapper Paul Wall recently recorded in Willie Nelson’s studio, but left disappointed after he didn’t meet Willie himself, “I didn’t [...]Continue reading "Paul Wall Disappointed In Not Meeting Willie And Richie McDonald Leaves Lonestar"
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Keith Urban Hates Being Called Mr. Nicole Kidman And George Strait Postpones Shows Due To Laryngitis
Vince Gill on today’s country music:
As for the country music scene today, Vince said his only complaint is that not a lot of traditional stuff is being done. “I’m not saying you shouldn’t be contemporary, but not at the expense of our foundation,” he said.Nashville Hype has an interesting interview with Steve Virginia. They talk [...]
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Kathy Mattea’s Coal-Mining Album, Montgomery Gentry With Special Guests
Kathy Mattea will begin working on an album of coal-mining songs in January, as she comes from a family of coal-miners. Marty Stuart will produce the project. “He’s got the chops, he’s got the pedigree and he understands the music,” Kathy says. “I love Marty, and we’ve always gotten along really well. It’s a good [...]
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Josh Gracin Subs For Lonestar, Toby Keith’s 2007 Tour Dates, & Mark Wills Has Dinner With The President
Lonestar’s lead singer Richie McDonald couldn’t make his show in Corpus Christi on Wednesday due to suffering complications in a recent back surgery. Josh Gracin stepped up and took Richie’s place on lead vocals for a crowd of an estimated 3,500.
“We had a couple of shows coming up and Josh was on the bill with [...]
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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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