The 9513 - Country Music Blog

There is nothing subtle about a couple of guys in white linen suits urgently beckoning in front of a twelve-foot, candy-apple red, plywood devil and a hellfire-and-brimstony rock pile. That jarring scene graced the cover of the Louvin Brothers’ 1959 album em>Satan Is Real, and its twelve songs were hardly any more subtle in their [...]

Continue reading "That Old Time Religion: Things Ain’t Like They Used To Be"

Disclaimer: Expect no objectivity at all from me with this article. Along with Webb Pierce and Merle Haggard, Ernest Tubb is one of my all-time favorite country artists. Yes, I know he started out most songs a quarter tone flat and worked his way flatter from there, and yes, I know that 80% of The [...]

Continue reading "Forgotten Artists: Ernest Tubb (1914-1984)"

20. Joey + Rory Rising: A Talent Competition Actually Finds Talent Outside of American Idol winner Carrie Underwood and Nashville Star castoff Miranda Lambert, the spate of talent competitions that we’ve endured since the advent of reality TV has produced few artists who could be said to possess a level of talent that aligns them [...]

Continue reading "The Year In Review: Top 20 Country Music News Stories Of 2008"

For years the Country Music Hall of Fame was caught in the position where many deserving performers had died off before their turn for induction arrived. This was mostly due to the Hall’s practice of electing only one new member per year (and in at least one year, electing no one). By the time the [...]

Continue reading "Who the Country Music Hall of Fame Should Induct Next"

Sugarland‘s sales saw a 45% decline, but it was still enough to take the top spot from Miley Cyrus on the Billboard 200 chart. Leave it to Jamey Johnson to turn the often humorous Photocrap blog serious. Jamey Johnson makes another appearance on Unplugged at Studio 330 next week, but for now you can go [...]

Continue reading "Sugarland Drops Miley For First Chart-Topper On Billboard 200"