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Radney Foster Celebrates 50th; Songs On Songwriting; Free Mark Wills
Austin Music Source’s Brian T. Atkinson published a brief Q&A with Radney Foster, who celebrates his 50th birthday with a star-studded lineup at Hill’s Cafe tonight.
Darius Rucker told us recently that he’s thought of recording your entire ‘Del Rio, Texas, 1959’ album.
Well, that’s incredibly flattering (laughs). I’ve known for a long time that he’s a [...]Continue reading "Radney Foster Celebrates 50th; Songs On Songwriting; Free Mark Wills"
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Mel McDaniel Hospitalized; Rosanne Cash Reveals The List
Opry member Mel McDaniel is in the hospital and in a medically induced coma. The Tennessean is reporting that he suffered a heart attack in June.
For his next album, Lyle Lovett plans to combine originals along with songs from some of his favorite Texas singer-songwriters. The yet-to-be-titled project will be released Oct. 20.
“I had a [...]Continue reading "Mel McDaniel Hospitalized; Rosanne Cash Reveals The List"
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Carrie Underwood Will Release New Album In November; Ferlin Husky’s Health Progresses
Carrie Underwood doesn’t yet have a title for her next album, but it will be released on November 3 with the first single expected late summer.
New releases for the week of July 7, 2009 include:
The Lovell Sisters – Time To Grow
Amazon | iTunes | MySpaceKris Kristofferson (Reissues)
Who’s to Bless and Who’s to Blame/To the Bone
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Live Corb Lund DVD Coming Soon; Garth Brooks’ Lone Top 40 Hit
Corb Lund is scheduled to release his first live DVD sometime this month. Until then, audio from the sold-out show featured in the DVD — which took place at Rexall Place in Alberta last year — can be streamed from CBC Radio 2. (via A Truer Sound)
Despite his status as the second biggest selling artist [...]Continue reading "Live Corb Lund DVD Coming Soon; Garth Brooks’ Lone Top 40 Hit"
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The 9513 Last.fm Chart Update (6-21-09)
We’re creeping up toward 100 members at The 9513 group, and George Strait is getting closer and closer to breaking that 30-listener mark. His 28 count for this week was the largest showing we’ve had for any artist, making him the #1 artist of the week by a large margin. The next-closest singers, with 24 [...]
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Pre-Order Radney Foster CD and Preview Zac Brown Band’s ‘Toes’
Radney Foster’s new album, Revival, is available for pre-order and the first 1,000 fans to do so will receive a free five-song EP. The new CD will be released on Sept. 1 and includes collaborations with Dierks Bentley and Darius Rucker.
Congrats to Lanibug, Stormy and Nicole for picking up a copy of Ray Charles‘ Modern [...]Continue reading "Pre-Order Radney Foster CD and Preview Zac Brown Band’s ‘Toes’"
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Roger Creager – “A Good Day For Sunsets”
Songwriters: Radney Foster and Roger Creager.
Roger Creager has developed quite the cult following around his home base of College Station, Texas–and for good reason: His unique blend of Texas country, rock, Latin and Red Dirt music is upstaged only by the incredible way he works a crowd and the rabid fan base that flocks to [...] -
Elvis Debuts Songs On Charts Two Weeks In a Row With Help From Country Ladies
It’s been ten years since Elvis Presley appeared on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, but he logged his second entry in two weeks with the No. 43 debut of Martina McBride’s duet on “Blue Christmas.” That follows last week’s No. 60 bow of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” with Carrie Underwood. It also marks the [...]
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Patty Griffin Live Album To Be Released Digitally Sept. 2
Patty Griffin performed an invitation-only show with keyboardist Ian McLagan and a string quintet in New York the same day her album Children Running Through was released last year. The fruits of that performance will be released on Sept. 9 on a digital album titled Patty Griffin: Live From The Artists Den. Paste Magazine has [...]
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Album Review: Gary Allan – Living Hard
I seriously wanted to like Gary Allan’s latest album, Living Hard. I’ve been to more of his concerts than can be counted on one hand. I thought his previous four albums were outstanding and I wanted this one to be outstanding as well. But it didn’t work out that way and I was [...]
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