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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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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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Montgomery Gentry - “Back When I Knew it All”
Songwriters:: Gary Hannan, Phil O’Donnell, Trent Willmon
Nostalgia for a hell-raising youth has become a dominant theme on country radio and I can’t explain why. It wasn’t a very good idea in the first place and has only become worse as every Lynyrd Skynyrd-inspired wanna-be rocker has released their own rewrite of the same theme. [...]Continue reading "Montgomery Gentry - “Back When I Knew it All”"
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The Grammys Will Go On Sans Picketing
Striking writers claim that they won’t picket the Grammy Awards and Recording Academy President Neil Portnow has insisted that a full-scale Grammys will continue no matter what.
Nashville Hype is sold on Sarah Kaine and believes she’s a traditional artist that can appeal to a younger demographic.
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Christmas Playlist And Music Giveaway
Whether you’re a fan of Christmas music or not, it’s hard to avoid during the month of December. So in the spirit of the holidays each of The 9513’s editors decided to give you some download fodder and jotted out a list of their favorite holiday inspired tunes. Be sure to share some of your [...]
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20 Top War and Soldier Songs
War. It is the central issue of contemporary American political debate. It is also an unfortunate and deeply personal part of the American culture. War affects the way we see our place in the world, our duty to our nation, and our role within our communities. It can bond families in solidarity and it can [...]
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Montgomery Gentry - “Whattya Think About That”
I dug the sweet intro to Montgomery Gentry’s latest single, “Whattya Think About That,” but, sadly, that’s the only redeeming quality this song has to offer. If they would have put it on a loop and released it as an instrumental, I would have enjoyed it more. With this single, Troy and Eddie have [...]
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Strait’s Songs Becoming Caricature And Jason Aldean Films Johnny Cash Video
There are some country executives in Nashville who aren’t happy with the way the Grammys unfolded. They feel snubbed since Carrie Underwood and Rascal Flatts couldn’t perform their own songs and say that this isn’t the only year that country music has been discriminated against, but years past as well, and all the pent up [...]
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Jewel To Record A Country Album And Carrie Underwood Predicted To Score Big At Grammy Awards
Before we get to the news, I wanted to announce that The 9513 t-shirts are officially for sale in the shop through Paypal. So if you enjoy reading The 9513 and want to help support us, hop on over to the shop and consider purchasing a shirt. They’re good quality shirts from American Apparel, you’ll [...]
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Kenny Rogers Abandons Dream Home And Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert Disagree
Kenny Rogers has upset some residents in Sandy Springs, GA after abandoning the construction of his dream home. Neighbors to the land, where granite was blasted away and tree were cleared, feel like Rogers has ruined the property. He cited the house as being too big for his wife and twin sons if he were [...]
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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 ...
