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Brad Paisley Celebrates First Father’s Day As A Father
Hope everyone had a good weekend and a special Father’s Day. I had plans to make it a Walker family double header with Django on Friday and Jerry Jeff on Saturday, but plans fell through, and Sunday I visited my dad. Overall, it was a very relaxing weekend. Now we’re back today with what seems [...]
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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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Sony BMG Apologizes To Radio For Cease-And-Desist Demands
Jason Aldean’s producer, Michael Knox, on the singer:
“The first time I saw Jason Aldean, I knew I couldn’t have found a better act that gels the past and future of country music better than he does,” Knox said. “He’s got a unique sound we’ve been working together to perfect for almost 10 years now.”Sony BMG [...]
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The One And Only April 2007 Mailbag
As the popularity of The 9513 rises, so do the number of questions we receive. The number of questions this month was more than ever, so it took a group effort to get them all answered for y’all. You can view our previous mailbags or send us your questions through our contact form or [...]
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Willie, Merle & Ray Could Be Country Equivalent Of The Rat Pack
Michelle Wright remembers the small town she came from and is returning to Canada to go on a small tour. The Brampton Guardian has a short interview with Wright. Her thoughts on Canadians traveling to the US to kick start their careers:
I think it is really a good, positive thing to celebrate the Canadians that [...]Continue reading "Willie, Merle & Ray Could Be Country Equivalent Of The Rat Pack"
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Country Music Returns To LA Radio And Joe Nichols To Sing At Anna Nicole Smith’s Funeral
Los Angeles announced the other day that they’d be regaining a country music station and now San Francisco is following suit.
“Country music has never been stronger,” Scott Mahalick, the new KMAX program director, told the San Jose Mercury News. “Before you had country artists like Faith Hill crossing over to other formats. Now you have [...] -
Toby Keith’s New Single And Trace Adkins To Sing King Of The Road
Toby Keith will release a new single, “High Maintenance Woman”, on February 12. His 2007 “Hookin’ Up And Hangin’ Out” tour kicks off tomorrow in Albany, New York, with Miranda Lambert and Flynnville Train as opening acts.
I remember when Brody first bought Roger Miller’s album, The Best Of Roger Miller: Greatest Hits, and we would [...]Continue reading "Toby Keith’s New Single And Trace Adkins To Sing King Of The Road"
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Pat Green Live At Cowboys Dancehall In San Antonio
The moment Pat Green walked out on the stage last Friday night, I think my heart stopped beating. He has that particular smile that lights up the whole room and makes you feel like it’s just you and him and nothing else. He started out with “Cannonball”, which is also the title of his latest [...]
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Jenna’s Pick: Best Albums Of 2006
These are a few of the albums I have heard this year that I liked best. I’m not an expert, but I chose each CD for different reasons; based mainly on how the vocals, music, and lyrics appealed to me. It was a hard decision and I didn’t get to put some of the ones [...]
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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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- 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, ...
- Brady Vercher: So then, in regards to my original question, you don't think there's anything positive about the record. Like I said, ...
- Paula_W: Well - I liked LeeAnn Rimes when she came onto the scene at a tender young age. Because ... ...
- Guy: I feel your pain, Scooter. But that's the heart of the matter. If an artist has nothing to offer that ...
- Craig R.: Brad Paisley is a good country singer. He can be a great songwriter- in the same vain as Roger Miller. ...
