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Carrie Underwood Gets Waxed
Carrie Underwood unveiled her wax figure at Madame Tussauds New York yesterday. (View pictures on PopCrunch)
In his review of Call Me Crazy, Michael McCall draws parallels between Lee Ann Womack’s “Last Call” and George Jones‘ “I Always Get Lucky With You,” saying that Womack’s song could be a reply to Jones’. And with Patty Loveless [...] -
Actor Kevin Costner Records Country Album; Drops Nov. 11
Actor Kevin Costner plans to drop a country-rock album on Nov. 11 and become musician Kevin Costner. Actually, he’s been playing with some of his band mates for nearly 20 years and this is just one of his dreams. The album, recorded with his band Modern West, is set to consist of 12 original tunes, [...]
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42nd CMA Awards Nominees Announced
Here are the nominees for the 42nd CMA Awards which will be broadcast live from the Sommet Center in Nashville Wednesday, Nov. 12 (8:00-11:00 PM ET) on ABC. There are lots of interesting things here, let us know what you think of the selections in the comments.
Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Sugarland
Keith Urban
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Snoop Dogg Contemplates Doing Grass of the Blue Variety
Inspired by his recent appearance at the CMT Music Awards, Snoop Dogg supposedly wants to record a bluegrass album, you know, because he’s been smoking so much green grass. Quick, somebody shoot me.
Unhappy with Montgomery Gentry’s sales figures on their previous album, Joe Galante urged the duo to toughen up their sound. So that’s what [...]Continue reading "Snoop Dogg Contemplates Doing Grass of the Blue Variety"
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Man Returns Stolen George Jones Guitar 46-Years Later
Larry Berry bought a guitar from two boys in 1962 that they said had been stolen. The guitar strap had George Jones‘ name on it with streaks of white lightning. Berry says he’s been trying to reach Jones since the ’60s to return the guitar, but couldn’t get through to him until this year.
Michael Roberts [...]Continue reading "Man Returns Stolen George Jones Guitar 46-Years Later"
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43rd Annual ACM Awards Wrap-Up
Best performance: Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, “Make the World Go Away.” Carrie Underwood sounded awful in her show-opening performance of “Last Name” but has never sounded more beautiful than in this tribute to Eddy Arnold. Major award shows too often fail to even acknowledge the passing of exceptionally talented and influential legends, and [...]
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Miranda Lambert Accused of Assault; Still Dating Blake Shelton
The sheriff’s department in Tyler, Texas is investigating an alleged assault case involving Miranda Lambert. According to reports, Lambert and her boyfriend Blake Shelton were attending a CD release party for an Adam Hood show when she was approached by Aisha Esbay for a photograph. She said Lambert told her “maybe later.”
Esbay said she went [...]Continue reading "Miranda Lambert Accused of Assault; Still Dating Blake Shelton"
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Hacienda Brothers’ Chris Gaffney Succumbed to Liver Cancer
One of the roundups at the beginning of the month included the news that founding member and lead singer of the Hacienda Brothers Chris Gaffney was diagnosed with liver cancer. His insurance wasn’t going to cover all of the costs, so a benefit and a website were set up to help collect donation. In a [...]
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Comedy Central Postpones Willie Nelson Roast
Due to scheduling conflicts, Comedy Central had to postpone the highly-anticipated April 17th roasting of Willie Nelson. A new date has not been determined yet. (via ggcolumn)
Despite the numerous hits in Randy Travis’ repertoire, Shirley Jinkins of the Star-Telegram says one of his best performances Saturday night at Billy Bob’s was an unlikely one.
He turned [...]Continue reading "Comedy Central Postpones Willie Nelson Roast"
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Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival Taking Shape
The 16th annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival is scheduled to take place April 1-5 in nine different Nashville area venues. Josh Turner, Vince Gill and Rodney Crowell are among the country singers already announced from the 350-plus songwriters on the lineup.
As a young man Joe Ely accidentally got into the circus business and as [...]Continue reading "Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival Taking Shape"
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In an attempt to discover and highlight the best music every month, We'll be publishing a list of the best songs released throughout that period. Here's Brady Vercher's picks for October.
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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- idlewildsouth: So making an album to display one of your strengths is arrogant? Wether or not you enjoyed the album, you ...
- Hollerin' Ben: Chris N. "I’m still not sure what’s so arrogant about it." I'd say that cutting an instrumental record where you play fast ...
- Paula_W: This is what I love about country music. Damn shame it’s so hard to find. Amen.
- Trailer: Well, there's this one chord progression on track 3 that subliminally says "I can shred better than Hendrix and my ...
- Kelly: That T-Shirt with the abstract heart shape he wore at the CMA's was amazingly arrogant....like Terrel Owens level arrogant.
- Chris N.: I'm still not sure what's so arrogant about it.
- Walter M: I think you missed some of the better songs on Toby's new album though - I would've picked "Time That ...
- idlewildsouth: Im still lost as to what about the record was arrogant. Its lack of focus? Its lack of 'spirit'?
- Hollerin' Ben: Brady "So then, in regards to my original question, you don’t think there’s anything positive about the record." I don't think there's ...
- Guy: Paisley seems to be a great guy ... and very talented. His success has given him a sandbox to "play" in, ...
