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“It’s the music of what I do and how I live” - Michael Martin Murphey
Roger Holland posted his in-depth “The Best Country Music of 2007″ list at PopMatters. These top ten lists are like finger prints, no two are exactly alike, but I learned a few interesting tidbits from Mr. Holland’s comments.
As of December 4th, thirty-four of Anne Murray’s original recordings have been available digitally.
Doug Freeman gives a brief [...]Continue reading "“It’s the music of what I do and how I live” - Michael Martin Murphey"
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Patty Griffin Scores Two Awards At AMAs
Merle Haggard’s latest album, The Bluegrass Sessions, “was produced by a bluegrass musician with bluegrass musicians, recorded at a bluegrass studio, released on a bluegrass label, racked under bluegrass in record stores, aired on bluegrass radio, covered by the bluegrass press, and it’s currently in it’s fourth consecutive week at # 1 on Billboard’s Bluegrass [...]
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A Prophet in Cowboy Boots: An Interview with Billy Joe Shaver
I recently had the opportunity to interview Billy Joe Shaver for The 9513 when he was in town promoting his new album, Everybody’s Brother. First off, I would like to thank Cassie and Logan over at Compadre Records for setting this up for us and a thanks is due to Billy Joe for taking time [...]
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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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Mailbag: Who sings old school cheerleader music?
Who sings on “South Texas Girl” with Lyle Lovett?
Accomplished songwriter/performer Guy Clark.
What does Keith Urban do for a living?
Picks his guitar and sings songs.
How did Townes Van Zandt die?
Wikipedia says it was “due to a massive pulmonary embolus (blood clot in the lungs) following hip surgery” while The Internet Movie Database cites a heart [...]Continue reading "Mailbag: Who sings old school cheerleader music?"
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“They’re just songs. It’s not brain surgery.” - Guy Clark
Mark Adams has an in depth review of To Live’s To Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt by John Kruth. Throughout most of the article Adams refers to the author as Knuth, if you can get passed that it sounds like the book is an interesting read.
Knuth clearly has good material [...]Continue reading "“They’re just songs. It’s not brain surgery.” - Guy Clark"
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Authenticty Is The Deciding Factor In The Future Of Country Music
John Goodspeed writes that the reason Miranda Lambert’s single “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” was pulled from radio was because “radio programmers couldn’t quite get their heads around a song about an angry, pistol-packing ex confronting her former boyfriend and his new babe.”
The Austin Chronicle has a couple of book reviews. The first Public Cowboy No. 1: The [...]Continue reading "Authenticty Is The Deciding Factor In The Future Of Country Music"
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Miranda Lambert And Elizabeth Cook Release New Albums Today
The Miranda Lambert promotion wagon has hit full force today, with the release of her newest album Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Jim (our newest writer here at The 9513) reviewed her album over the weekend.
The Houston Chronicle talks about Lambert’s success despite the lack of support from radio.
If you want to find out about where some [...]Continue reading "Miranda Lambert And Elizabeth Cook Release New Albums Today"
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Birthday Giveaway: Townes Van Zandt
Nobody can deny that Townes Van Zandt had a profound impact on numerous artists and genres, even after he was gone, which is illustrated by the fact that at least six Townes Van Zandt albums were released last year and three thus far this year. He was born March 7, 1944 and in celebration of [...]
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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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- Hollerin' Ben: Chris N. "I’m still not sure what’s so arrogant about it." I'd say that cutting an instrumental record where you play fast ...
- Paula_W: This is what I love about country music. Damn shame it’s so hard to find. Amen.
- Trailer: Well, there's this one chord progression on track 3 that subliminally says "I can shred better than Hendrix and my ...
- Kelly: That T-Shirt with the abstract heart shape he wore at the CMA's was amazingly arrogant....like Terrel Owens level arrogant.
- 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, ...
