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September ‘07 Album Review Wrap-Up
Due to time constraints we don’t get to give a proper review to every album we would like to, so we decided to begin a weekly monthly wrap-up of the albums we’ve had a chance to listen to along with our brief opinion and a rating. We’re kicking off this feature with a list of [...]
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Grand Ole Opry Finds New Home With XM Satellite Radio
Houston Press ranks the 10 worst songs to ever come out of Houston. Both Kenny Rogers and Clint Black make the list for “You Decorated My Life” and “I Raq and Roll” (which sounds horrible from the title alone). Both artists also make The Houston 100, a list of Houston’s top songs ever. The list [...]
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Kevin Fowler Is Happy With Where He Is In His Career
Lost Highway Records has put together a page of videos to introduce people to Ryan Bingham and his band. Other videos show some behind the scenes stuff about how the upcoming album Mescalito was made, and depict what life is like on the road for the guys.
In a Q&A with LoneStarMusic Kevin Fowler says he [...]Continue reading "Kevin Fowler Is Happy With Where He Is In His Career"
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The Grand Ole Opry Invites Shooter Jennings To Make His Debut
Bobby Bare talks about going back to Ohio and talking to people whose aunts and uncles he went to school with, but they’ve all died. He says it’s the sad part about the business he’s in.
“All of my friends abused themselves too terribly. But then there’s Shel. He was never heavy into drugs and drinking. [...]Continue reading "The Grand Ole Opry Invites Shooter Jennings To Make His Debut"
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Nashville Earning Less Than Stellar Reviews After First Show
The Chicago Tribune doesn’t have anything good to say about Fox’s new reality show, Nashville, which premiered on Friday night:
The show, which follows the career of aspiring singers on the Nashville music scene, seems suspiciously timed to promote the career of one of the guys on the show, a good-looking country crooner named Chuck Wicks.
An [...]Continue reading "Nashville Earning Less Than Stellar Reviews After First Show"
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Exhibit Planned By CMHoF To Pay Tribute To Hank Williams’ Influence
Randy Owen, singer and primary songwriter for the group Alabama, is currently working on his first solo project and you’ll never believe who he has producing it–John Rich. It seems like he has his hands all over everything coming out of Nashville these days.
“Alabama, his voice, that band, was a major impact on every artist [...]Continue reading "Exhibit Planned By CMHoF To Pay Tribute To Hank Williams’ Influence"
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Townes Van Zandt To Be Awarded The President’s Award At AMA
Before you go out and buy The Great Lost Performance from Johnny Cash that was recently released, head over to Twangville and see what they have to say about the album.
This release is billed as The Great Lost Performance, but I’m not sure I’d go that far. It is a rollicking good time but [...]Continue reading "Townes Van Zandt To Be Awarded The President’s Award At AMA"
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“All The Good Stories Have Already Been Taken”
The Esquire feature “What I’ve Learned” with Merle Haggard is up online and as expected from a man who has lived as long as Haggard, he has some good stories and a few insightful things to say.
I think what we’re lacking in music today is it seems like all the good stories have been already [...]Continue reading "“All The Good Stories Have Already Been Taken”"
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George Strait Tied With Conway Twitty For Most Number 1 Singles
Joe Samuel Starnes recalls his first Willie Nelson Fourth of July Picnic for The New York Times.
His show was transcendent. That’s a highfalutin word that I would almost never use, but I honestly felt as if I were taking a trip back in time to another era, through Willie’s guitar and voice and the artful [...]Continue reading "George Strait Tied With Conway Twitty For Most Number 1 Singles"
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Billy Joe Shaver “Connected” To Shooting And Dolly Parton Fantasizes About Women
Billy Joe Shaver has been linked to a shooting at a bar in the suburbs of his hometown, Waco. After reading the article I don’t see where the connection is being made. Everyone involved in the case is being hush-hush about the details. It could be that Shaver was merely present at the bar where [...]
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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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- Peter: I kinda liked "Departure" cos the band sounds real good backing him up. And I'm not generally a fan of ...
- Jim Malec: I think Ben secretly has a crush on Aimee.
- Kelly: No "Ben Bashing" going on from me, I just recognized a certain venom that I thought only came out when ...
- Jim Malec: How is any of this an "attack" on Brad's character? Brady, I would say that there really are no positive ...
- idlewildsouth: This seems like more of an attack on Brad Paisleys character than it does his album. While ill admit there ...
- Brady Vercher: So is this to say there aren't any positive aspects to the album at all?
- Jim Malec: Considering that Ben once wrote an article praising the promise and impact of Taylor Swift, I don't think agenda is ...
- Drew: Well said... just a total waste of an album.
- Paula_W: I havent heard the record (nor will I) but I really really enjoyed reading this review. Whether the actual ...
