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Lee Ann Womack Exudes Multiple Personalities On Call Me Crazy
With its pronounced multiple-personality disorder, The Village Voice’s Werner Trieschmann dubs Call Me Crazy and apt title for Lee Ann Womack’s new album, where he says downy pop blooms next to pedal-steel-driven barroom weepers.
Gretchen Wilson’s new CD has been pushed back from a fall release to early ‘09.
Jack Silverman muses that Jewel’s recent title of [...]Continue reading "Lee Ann Womack Exudes Multiple Personalities On Call Me Crazy"
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Dierks Bentley & Wife Welcome Daughter, Evalyn Day
In their ever-exclusive fashion, People.com learned of the birth of Dierks Bentley and wife Cassidy’s daughter, Evalyn Day Bentley, who was named after her maternal grandmother.
Dierks’ family isn’t the only one growing, Miranda Lambert blogged about her new horse and three new cats.
Charlie Louvin’s motor home was involved in an accident in New Jersey [...]Continue reading "Dierks Bentley & Wife Welcome Daughter, Evalyn Day"
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Sunday Morning Comment Corral & Forum Roundup, Issue #3
It’s been a while since our last edition of the roundup, but not to worry–it’s back this week, and it’s back to stay. Just consider this your Sunday morning newspaper–The 9513 style!
Big things are happening here at The 9513–we think you’re going to love what we’ve got in store for you over the next few [...]Continue reading "Sunday Morning Comment Corral & Forum Roundup, Issue #3"
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New Blake Shelton Album Bumped to Nov. 18; Features Miranda
The success of Blake Shelton’s latest single prompted his label to announce a Nov. 18 rush-release date for his next album, Startin’ Fires. The album borrows it’s title from the song “Good at Startin’ Fires.” Fans might think the song is for his girlfriend, Miranda Lambert, and Shelton says those thoughts wouldn’t be unfounded. Lambert [...]
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Actor Kevin Costner Records Country Album; Drops Nov. 11
Actor Kevin Costner plans to drop a country-rock album on Nov. 11 and become musician Kevin Costner. Actually, he’s been playing with some of his band mates for nearly 20 years and this is just one of his dreams. The album, recorded with his band Modern West, is set to consist of 12 original tunes, [...]
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Kenny Chesney Plans to Expand Personal Brand With A Line of Rum
Chicago-based Constellation Spirits is expected to announce today that they’re developing a premium rum in partnership with Kenny Chesney, which will be out in the first quarter of 2010. The name is yet to be determined, but a spokesman for Constellation said it will not bear Chesney’s name. However, stage banners at his concerts would [...]
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Taylor Swift Dishes On Her Obession With a Certain Anatomy
Taylor Swift explains her love for Grey’s Anatomy in her latest MySpace blog post, and announces that Fearless will be released with 13 songs.
MySpace, in conjunction with the four major labels, launched their new music service today. It allows you to access and listen to a large portion of major artists’ catalogs for free. You’re [...]Continue reading "Taylor Swift Dishes On Her Obession With a Certain Anatomy"
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Country Music Hall of Fame Plans Exhibits for Johnny Cash and Gene Watson
Next Tuesday the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will unveil a special spotlight exhibit dedicated to Johnny Cash. The following week they’ll open a new one for Gene Watson. Both exhibits will run through Spring 2009.
Darius Rucker joined an exclusive list of Ray Charles and Charley Pride as the only black artists to [...]Continue reading "Country Music Hall of Fame Plans Exhibits for Johnny Cash and Gene Watson"
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CMA Announces Plans To Build Retirement Community for Musicians
The CMA has plans to offer a retirement community specifically for musicians, songwriters and those who made a career in the music industry but don’t have the fame or money of more prominent country stars. Mitchel Kline reports that the proposed community could feature recording studios, performance halls and an amphitheater.
A new six-disc boxed set [...]Continue reading "CMA Announces Plans To Build Retirement Community for Musicians"
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Taylor Swift - “Love Story”
Songwriter: Taylor Swift
An obvious criticism of Taylor Swift’s “Love Story,” the debut single from her upcoming sophomore effort Fearless, is that the song, muddled by its prominent and clunky Romeo and Juliet references, completely misses the point of one of the English language’s seminal literary works–thereby undermining its own effectiveness. After all, the syrupy, [...]
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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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