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Arresting Officer In JMM Case Fired And Meet The Songwriters Behind Strait’s Hits
The police officer that arrested John Michael Montgomery a little over a year ago was fired yesterday after an eight hour hearing.
Officer Joshua Cromer was one of six officers disciplined by the police department for controversial comments posted on MySpace.com, a social networking site. In the postings, the officers discussed their jobs, commented on arrests [...]
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Willie & Family Perform At San Antonio Rodeo And The 100 Greatest Love Songs
I hope you guys aren’t sick of the concert reviews from the San Antonio Rodeo yet, because John Goodspeed has another great one from last night’s performance by Willie Nelson and three members of his family.
The concert was a family affair, too, with longtime pianist Bobbie Nelson, his little sister, and two new members — [...]Continue reading "Willie & Family Perform At San Antonio Rodeo And The 100 Greatest Love Songs"
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Carrie Underwood Has A New Video And Alan Jackson Starts Work On His
Watch Carrie Underwood’s newest video, Wasted, on YouTube. On another note, Carrie’s PR department must be on steroids, it seems like every day there’s a crop of new articles and stories about her.
It’s sad that Sammy Kershaw had to file for bankruptcy after having so much success in the ’90s. I guess the Nashville machine [...]Continue reading "Carrie Underwood Has A New Video And Alan Jackson Starts Work On His"
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Review: Tracy Lawrence Does It For The Love
For The Love is a classic Tracy Lawrence album, so classic that it almost feels like you’ve heard the songs on previous albums. He’s found the recipe for creating solid records and he hasn’t wavered from it. There’s nothing that stands out as much as past hits like “Paint Me a Birmingham” and “Time [...]
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Thursday News Roundup
Despite the bad luck George Jones has endured this past year (pneumonia and a fractured wrist), he has set a full tour schedule for 2007. His October release God’s Country, includes an all-star line up performing many of George’s classic numbers. Performers on this album are: George Jones himself, Garth Brooks, Sammy Kershaw, Pam Tillis, [...]
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We've labored long and hard to come up with our list of the Top 10 Country Albums of 2008. Click here to see who claimed the honor of the year's top album, as chosen by The 9513's staff and writers.
Don’t confuse disappointing with worst, as that list would most likely be dominated by obscure indie knockoff bands along with a couple of mainstream releases. There has to be a modicum of expectation that’s dashed upon the release of an album for it to qualify for the year’s most disappointing.
Join host Kelly Dearmore as he shines the light on several noteworthy album releases you might have missed and interviews various artists, from Sarah Borges to Trent Willmon and Reckless Kelly to Wade Bowen, in the first two episode of The 9513 podcast.
Jim Malec counts down the top 20 country music news stories of 2008. How many times do you think John Rich will be mentioned?Current Discussion
- Vicki: I heard George on my first visit to the Opry. That was a magical visit for I got to ...
- running kind: Hi, just to let you know, my 6 collegues in office vote for you each day, although they don't know ...
- Hollerin' Ben: I didn't actually contribute to this list, but I don't think it's disappointing at all. I think it's a ...
- Brady Vercher: I disagree with the assessment that the list is disappointing. Only 30 or so of my top 75 made the ...
- Matt C.: I do have to say that this is a disappointing list. The exclusion of songs that made last year's list ...
- Drew: I'm not familiar with much of his stuff, but if his lyrics are consistently as strong as the ones you ...
- Adriana: I Love this song! Me and my friends went to a road trip to Alabama and the song was so ...
- Brady Vercher: At least we know we've got the lion and the tin man ready to go if anyone ever decided to ...
- Wilburscott: I got to see George 3-4 years ago at a show here in northern Michigan. I think around the time ...
- Rick: Rick's Random Tidbits Part 2: Miss Loretta Lynn will be performing on both the Friday and Saturday Night Grand Ole ...
