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The 9513 Last.fm Chart Update (5-3-09)
Welcome to the 9513 Last.fm Chart Update. This has been a feature of The 9513’s forums for a few months now and started off as a way to talk about the musical tastes of our readers. It’s now been called up from AAA to the big leagues.
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Thoughts on the 42nd CMA Awards
It was a dark and stormy night…oh wait, wrong story. If you will, remember back to one year ago when the CMA announced that the Hall of Fame induction ceremony would no longer take place during the televised awards broadcast and that they had no plans to acknowledge the inductees. Their reasoning then was that [...]
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Small Texas Town Catches Gabe Fever; John Rich Salivates
Nashville Star’s Gabe Garcia scored a couple of articles in San Antonio’s Express News, which reports that his hometown of Lytle, TX has Gabe fever. Tonight’s show is devoted to love songs and Gabe will be singing Billy Currington’s “Must Be Doing Something Right.”
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban bought an 1878 two-story Georgian mansion in [...]Continue reading "Small Texas Town Catches Gabe Fever; John Rich Salivates"
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Is Country Music Festival Causing Spike In Number of Pregnancies?
A Grand Junction, Colo. health official says the number of pregnant women her agency sees per month usually jumps from about 30 to 80 around five weeks after the Country Jam music festival rolls through.
ACountry has a sweet track-by-track explanation of That Lonesome Song from Jamey Johnson. It’s fascinating to find out where inspiration [...]Continue reading "Is Country Music Festival Causing Spike In Number of Pregnancies?"
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News Roundup: Nicole Kidman Gives Birth To Daguhter, Sunday Rose, With Keith Urban By Her Side
Everyone welcome into the world Sunday Rose Urban, the 6lb. 7oz. bundle of joy born today to Mr. and Mrs. Keith Urban. According the GAC report, mama and baby are both doing fine. Sunday Rose is Urban’s first child.
In the latest edition of the Hot Dish, Hazel Smith talks to Brad Paisley about filming [...]
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