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Trace Adkins Acknowledges Reality Show Appeal of Living With Six Women
Despite Trace Adkins‘ stellar performance on Celebrity Apprentice, he’s not so sure he’d be up to having a reality show based on his personal life, although he does concede that living with six women would be the perfect premise for a show.
From Gary Allan’s website: With great sadness, we acknowledge the passing of Gary’s father, [...]Continue reading "Trace Adkins Acknowledges Reality Show Appeal of Living With Six Women"
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Actor Ed Harris Sings Country Music For Upcoming Western
Listen to actor Ed Harris sing “You’ll Never Leave My Heart,” a song he wrote for his new western movie Appaloosa.
Lee Ann Womack played most of the songs from her new album Wednesday night at the Allen Room in New York. Jon Caramanica says the mood is much the same as found on There’s More [...]Continue reading "Actor Ed Harris Sings Country Music For Upcoming Western"
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42nd CMA Awards Nominees Announced
Here are the nominees for the 42nd CMA Awards which will be broadcast live from the Sommet Center in Nashville Wednesday, Nov. 12 (8:00-11:00 PM ET) on ABC. There are lots of interesting things here, let us know what you think of the selections in the comments.
Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Sugarland
Keith Urban
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Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton To Co-Headline Tour This Fall
After the success of a few experimental combined shows throughout the summer, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton made the decision to co-headline a tour this fall.
The new album from Amber Digby, Passion, Pride, & What Might Have Been, is available for sale on her label’s website and you can listen to full-length versions of six [...]Continue reading "Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton To Co-Headline Tour This Fall"
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Taylor Swift Makes European Debut to Sold-Out Crowd
Taylor Swift made her debut in London last night to a sold-out crowd and The 9513 forum member SamB was there to catch all the action.
She did most of the hits (no Tim McGraw, which was odd), and some stuff off the new album, including Change, which I loved, and Love Story, which she said [...]Continue reading "Taylor Swift Makes European Debut to Sold-Out Crowd"
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Mailbag: What Would Kristofferson Do?
Does the lyric “my only friends are pirates” make sense?
Arrr, matey! It makes perfect sense is ye lives out on the open seas like Cap’n Chesney! - Jim
What to do today in Kern county?
Whatever you do, don’t swim in Kern River. - Brady
How do you get on an NFL practice squad?
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Dailey & Vincent Lead List of International Bluegrass Music Award Nominees
The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) announced the nominees for their 19th annual awards. Dailey & Vincent leads the list with a total of 10 nominations and a big congratulations goes out to CMT writer Craig Shelburne, whose writing is a constant source for our news roundups, for his nomination in the Print Media Person [...]
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Hee Haw Reruns Coming to TV In September
The comedy show “Hee Haw” featuring performances from country music stars is being resuscitated. The RFD-TV cable channel will begin airing reruns of the Roy Clark and Buck Owens co-hosted show on September 7th.
Peter Cooper has a nice article on Don Helms:
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Black Crowes Sue Gretchen Wilson For Copyright Infringement
Let us know what you think about Black Crowes suing Gretchen Wilson over the song she sang for a “Saving Grace” commercial. Do they have a case? (Thanks to Paula for the link)
Congrats to the fine folks over at Country Universe for passing one million views since moving their blog to WordPress two years ago. [...]Continue reading "Black Crowes Sue Gretchen Wilson For Copyright Infringement"
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Joey+Rory Sign To Vaguard/Sugarhill Records; Album Due This Fall
Vanguard/Sugar Hill Records announced the addition of Joey+Rory (from CMT’s Can You Duet) to their roster. Their first single will be “Cheater, Cheater,” which they performed on the show, and their debut album is expected to release this fall.
Time Life will begin releasing the 143 previously unreleased “Mother’s Best” Hank Williams recordings this fall. Included [...]Continue reading "Joey+Rory Sign To Vaguard/Sugarhill Records; Album Due This Fall"
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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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- Matt B.: "Boots On" or "Strange" are the likely second single.
- Guy: But how do short, average-looking guys like Aldean and Chesney end up being "sexy" somehow?
- Bobby: I think that Martina's full throttle approach has only worked on two songs: "A Broken Wing" and "Whatever You Say". ...
- Bobby: Rick: "Let Your Love Flow" was a #1 pop hit, #21 country, #2 AC.
- Jonnie Holmberg: Couldn't agree more on Trace Adkins!
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- Guy: Hopefully, Jason Aldean's 15 minutes are about up. But look at Kenny Chesney. He deserved no more than 15 minutes and ...
- Craig R.: Jason Aldean is another one of the boys(Luke Bryan, Chuck Wicks, Rodney Atkins, Jake Owen)who is really selling an image ...
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- Kelly: Knight's "Enough Rope" is really under-rated I think. It's rocking for sure, but its quieter tunes (enough rope, williams ...
