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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: Comeback Kids
This is the first of a series of Year in Review articles that will appear on The 9513 between now and the new year.
In my mind, Porter Wagoner will forever epitomize country music in 2007.
Some may object to my hanging an entire year on the back of an artist who didn’t sniff the radio [...] -
Top 10 Country Albums Of 2007
Without any album releases on the horizon for the remainder of the year, it’s time for us to publish The 9513’s Top Albums of 2007. The year saw an indie label revive an aging star’s career before his sudden death, one of the best albums put out by one of the genre’s finest female vocalists, [...]
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Sara Evans’ Divorce Finalized
Keith Urban is believed to have been in a motorcycle accident near his home in Sydney after being followed by paparazzi. Fortunately he’s been reported to be uninjured by the crash.
Steve Terrell says “the original 1973 version of Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends, and Lies ranks right up there with Willie Nelson’s Phases and Stages, [...] -
Catch Dolly Parton On Dancing With The Stars Tonight
Amazon unleashed their mp3 download store yesterday. The difference between it and iTunes? Amazon’s tracks are unencumbered by DRM and are priced at 89 cents. The same DRM free tracks on iTunes would run you $1.29, while DRM laden tracks go for 99 cents. For now, only EMI and Universal have made their catalogs available [...]
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Barefooted Performer Pat Green Likens Playing On Stage To Working In His Den
Last week Linda from Still Is Still Moving had her blog name checked by Willie Nelson on Bill Mack’s XM Radio show. The excitement doesn’t stop there, she called in this week and actually got to talk to Willie!
Linda: Hello, Willie, this is Linda, from Colorado. I’m the person who has the stillisstillmoving.com website.
Willie: Oh, [...]Continue reading "Barefooted Performer Pat Green Likens Playing On Stage To Working In His Den"
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Marty Stuart’s Sixth Annual Late Night Jam
One wouldn’t think that on a stage that featured two country music Hall of Famers, five Grand Ole Opry members and several major label artists that the radio DJ acting as the night’s master of ceremonies would come closest to stealing the show. Thirty minutes before curtain, Eddie Stubbs announced that Marty Stuart’s annual benefit [...]
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Gary Allan On Oprah And Shania Twain Releases Shania Starlight Perfume
This is Texas Music delivers a couple of new album reviews starting with Robbie Fulks, Guy Forsyth, and Rodney Hayden. He’s got some more gems here.
Jason Michael Carroll had to learn the hard way that he shouldn’t change his image to please other people after he cut off his hair and went the whole [...]Continue reading "Gary Allan On Oprah And Shania Twain Releases Shania Starlight Perfume"
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Carrie Underwood Becomes Second Country Star To Sell Six Million Debut Albums
If you watched the ACM Awards you surely saw the touching performance of “If You’re Reading This” put on by Tim McGraw and the families of fallen soldiers standing on stage at the end, but I bet you didn’t know that McGraw paid all the expenses to have those families flown to Las Vegas.
Keith [...]Continue reading "Carrie Underwood Becomes Second Country Star To Sell Six Million Debut Albums"
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Big Kenny Donates To Charity To Celebrate His First No. 1
Mario Tarradell has an article about Shanachie Records, the record label who signed Daryle Singletary, David Ball, and Confederate Railroad to record albums of old classics.
Why the sudden interest in country?
“We think there is a void in country music,” says Randall Grass, Shanachie’s general manager. “Country has become very pop-oriented and very youth-oriented in the [...]Continue reading "Big Kenny Donates To Charity To Celebrate His First No. 1"
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