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New Bear Family Series Exemplifies Country Music From 1945 to 1950
Barry Mazor introduced the new Bear Family series Country & Western Hit Parade: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music in his most recent column for NoDepression.com. The first six volumes are structured around a given year from 1945 through 1950 and attempt to gather songs that represent that year without necessarily relying on by-the-charts [...]
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Best Songs of August ‘08
In an attempt to discover and highlight the best music every month, I’ll be publishing a list of the best songs released throughout that period. Hopefully, this will present an opportunity for everyone to discuss the month’s releases, discover new and worthwhile music, and debate over the order of the list and the inclusion or [...]
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Mailbag: How Can I Get More Than A Memory?
What artist is switching to country music?
Snoop Dogg apparently has an Everlast country song on his new album, Jessica Simpson is from Texas and therefore undeniably country, and Bon Jovi and the Eagles tried on a pair of country music boots last year–so tell me, which artists aren’t switching to country music? – Brody
And most [...]Continue reading "Mailbag: How Can I Get More Than A Memory?"
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43rd Annual ACM Awards: Who Should Have Been Nominated
In a perfect world, The 9513 staff would select the ACM nominees and fans would not vote for Entertainer of the Year. Here in the real world, the Academy votes for the nominees, the fans vote for the Entertainer, and I make fun of both.
There are only two rules: as much as I’d like to, [...]Continue reading "43rd Annual ACM Awards: Who Should Have Been Nominated"
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The Best Country Songs of 2007
First off, Happy New Year to everyone. To start the new year off, we’ve compiled a list of the best songs from 2007. The staff had a lengthy discussion about which songs should be available for nomination for such a list and we decided that a song had to be an original recording on an [...]
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The Year in Review: Top 20 Country Music News Stories of 2007
The 9513 began as a country music news site. During the past year we have diversified our content but daily news roundups remain popular among our readers. Thus, it’s only fitting that our Year in Review series for 2007 ends with a roundup of the year’s top country music news stories.
20. Sammy Kershaw’s Troubles. I [...]Continue reading "The Year in Review: Top 20 Country Music News Stories of 2007"
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Surprise Guests Dropped by Asleep at the Wheel Performance at Antone’s
This past Saturday night Asleep at the Wheel played a gig at Antone’s where they were joined by Paul Shaffer.
Anyway, we got onstage about 10:30 pm, after Carolyn Wonderland had wowed Paul with her opening set. Paul took us for a spin through some of his favorite tunes by Texas artists, like “Treat Her Right” [...]Continue reading "Surprise Guests Dropped by Asleep at the Wheel Performance at Antone’s"
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Kristofferson Enchants Audience With Humor And Song At Ford Theater
If covers are your thing, check out the feature on USA Today where they list/rate quite a few cover albums and pinpoint which cuts from the album are knockouts. Artists by the likes of Confederate Railroad, Raul Malo, Tracy Nelson, and Teddy Thompson try their hand at Billy Joe Shaver, Hank Williams, Roger Miller, Ernest [...]
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What The Hell Does Too Country Mean?
Sunny Sweeney stirred up a hornet’s nest over at the semi-new CMT blog yesterday when she asked the proverbial question, “What the hell does too country mean?“ Ok, those aren’t her exact words, but they might as well have been.
Lori McKenna talks about growing as a person and an artist, and not ever wanting to [...] -
Merle Haggard’s Cracker Barrel Exclusive Working Man’s Journey Now Available
Merle Haggard released a Cracker Barrel exclusive yesterday. Titled Working Man’s Journey, the album consists of six new songs and six fan favorites.
At this year’s CMA Music Festival Eric Church and his fan club will be planting 25 trees in Music City’s East Park. Afterwards Church will perform an acoustic set to thank his fans.
Rick [...]Continue reading "Merle Haggard’s Cracker Barrel Exclusive Working Man’s Journey Now Available"
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