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Aaron Watson Believes In The Good Ol’ Boy Business Model
Aaron Watson talked to Lynne Margolis about where he got the nickname Honky-tonk Kid, how he got hooked up with Ray Benson and the relationship he has with him, and about how he separates time between the road and home. His upcoming album will have a John Mayer song, a Waylon song titled “Tulsa,” and [...]
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Songpluggers Reflect On Country Music Industry
Songwriters write songs. Performers perform those songs. But how do they get from the songwriters to the performers? Through songpluggers like Sherrill Blackman, Dale Dodson, Tom Luteran and Abbe Nameche. Randy Rudder says they gathered at CMA one morning to discuss their craft.
What, for you, are the best and/or worst aspects of the songplugger’s life?
Blackman: [...]Continue reading "Songpluggers Reflect On Country Music Industry"
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Kenny Chesney Dominates ACM Awards Nominations
Kenny Chesney leads the 2008 ACM Awards nominations with 11 while Rodney Atkins pulled in six. Here’s a list.
Ricky Skaggs will be awarded a Berklee honorary doctorate of music on the Grand Ole Opry stage.
Skaggs’ virtuosity, his rich musicality, and his commitment to the deep roots of American music make him a deserving recipient of [...]Continue reading "Kenny Chesney Dominates ACM Awards Nominations"
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Give Me Some Money: Eddie Money Gone Country
Veteran rocker Eddie Money is going country. His first single, “Give Me Some Water,” from the forthcoming album The Other Side of Money is scheduled to be released this weekend and will feature backing vocals from Vince Gill. Money also plans to countrify his hits “Hard Life” and “Two Tickets to Paradise” for the album.
Miley [...]Continue reading "Give Me Some Money: Eddie Money Gone Country"
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Gary Allan Watches “Airplanes” Take Off To No. 1
Gary Allan hit No. 1 on the Country Aircheck Chart this week with “Watching Airplanes.” On a sidenote, how’d you like that incredibly cheesy post title?
Trisha from Buffalo wrote in with this nugget of information:
Seems that the song “Lost In This Moment” which was released by Big & Rich was written by John Rich and [...]Continue reading "Gary Allan Watches “Airplanes” Take Off To No. 1"
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Bust Out The Vinyl and Sleeveface Your Favorite Artists
Sleeveface.com is a website gaining in popularity, and deservedly so as the illusions created can be quite entertaining. The term sleeveface is defined as “one or more persons obscuring or augmenting any part of their body or bodies with record sleeve(s) causing an illusion.” Basically a person holds a sleeve of a vinyl disc featuring [...]
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Walk the Line: Extended Cut DVD Scheduled for March
20th Century Fox scheduled the release of an extended edition of Walk the Line for March 25. Among the extra features is an additional 17 minutes of footage.
Josh Turner’s “Firecracker” narrowly beat out LeAnn Rimes’ “Nothin’ Better to Do” in the fight for the top spot on Club Connections’ Top Ten Club And Dance [...]Continue reading "Walk the Line: Extended Cut DVD Scheduled for March"
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George Strait To Kick Off 2008 Tour In Austin Tonight
Austin360’s John T. David lists eight things you will never hear George Strait say. My favorite is:
‘TMZ wants to film me working my cutting horses.’
Go read the others and see if you can come up with any good ones of your own.
The Dreamtime blog did some research and pieced together different aspects of the unfinished [...]Continue reading "George Strait To Kick Off 2008 Tour In Austin Tonight"
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Nicole Kidman’s Bump is Keith Urban’s Baby
The rumors were true, Keith Urban is going to be a dad.
Country Music Hall of Famer Ken Nelson passed away at age 96. He was known as a Capitol Record executive that was an integral part of the “Bakersfield Sound” and well as the “Nashville Sound” and the producer of Buck Owens’ “Act Naturally,” Merle [...]Continue reading "Nicole Kidman’s Bump is Keith Urban’s Baby"
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Aces Beat Kings: Charley Pride Bests Luke Bryan
Luke Bryan got his butt whipped by Charley Pride at a charity poker event in Las Vegas last week.
“I made the final table with Charley. He and I were the chip leaders. There were about four people left, and I got dealt a pair of kings - the money hand. I bet BIG and Charley [...]Continue reading "Aces Beat Kings: Charley Pride Bests Luke Bryan"
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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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- 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. ...
- scooter: I think she will last but she will have to change her style to do it. When all those teeny ...
