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Willie Nelson - Spirit
2008-04-29 18:56:00 One of my best friends once asked me ?Hey Ben, I want to get some Willie Nelson albums and I wanted to find out which were the best ones.? I can?t tell you how grateful I was that he asked, and how excited I was to share my opinions on the subject. After ... More About: Country Music , Spirit
Willie?s 75th Birthday Giveaway
2008-04-29 15:48:00 In honor or celebration or whatever of Willie Nelson ’s 75th birthday (his claimed birthday), we’re hosting a giveaway with the following prizes: Grand Prize: A copy of the book, An Epic Life by Joe Nick Patoski, the box set chronicling his career, One Hell of a Ride, and a set of Willie braids Four copies of the ... More About: Contest , Birthday
Adam Hood - ?Different Groove?
2008-04-28 22:11:00 Songwriters: Adam Hood Adam Hood is an Alabama native adopted by Texas’ Red Dirt scene and he recorded his last album in California. He travels all over the South, playing nearly 300 shows a year, making the road his actual home; a modern-day troubador if there ever was one. He doesn’t fit within the confines ... More About: Country Music , Groove
Mindy McCready Linked to Roger Clemens In Decade Long Affair
2008-04-28 17:34:00 The New York Daily News reported today that Roger Clemens carried on a 10-year affair with country singer Mindy McCready. The two met when McCready, 15 at the time, was performing in a bar in Florida. Clemens confirmed his long-term relationship with McCready, but denies that it was sexual in nature. However, a source with ... More About: Carrie Underwood , Willie Nelson , Kenny Chesney , Dunn , Miranda Lambert
John Hiatt Joins Lofty Company With AMA Lifetime Achievement Award For Song
2008-04-25 18:09:00 The Americana Music Association announced yesterday that John Hiatt will receive their lifetime achievement award for songwriting, which will be presented to him during the Sept. 18 awards show at the Ryman Auditorium. Past winners include Willie Nelson , Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark, Cowboy Jack Clement, John Prine and Billy Joe Shaver. Aside from his forthcoming album, ... More About: Carrie Underwood , Company , Song
Chris Cagle - ?No Love Songs?
2008-04-25 14:48:00 Songwriters: George Teren and Craig Wiseman You know that song by BJ Thomas ?Another somebody done somebody wrong song?? Despite it being kind of cheesy and heavy-handed, I love that song. Chris Cagle?s new tune, ?No Love Songs ?–not so much. The song kicks off with silly production featuring shakers and zany ?ooooh? chants but I was ... More About: Love Songs
20 Questions With Emily West
2008-04-24 23:50:00 Armed with a powerful voice, big-time songwriting talent, and a personality as charming as it is fiery, Capitol Record’s Emily West is currently soldiering up the charts with her debut single “Rocks In Your Shoes,” which she co-wrote with Nashville heavyweights Dave Berg and Annie Tate. (Read The 9513’s review of “Rocks In Your Shoes”) West ... More About: Questions , Interview
New Reckless Kelly Album Slated For June 24
2008-04-24 17:03:00 The band Reckless Kelly plans to release their new album, Bulletproof, on June 24 on Yep Roc Records. Band frontman Willy Braun co-wrote one of the new songs, “God Forsaken Town,” with Robert Earl Keen, based on a person holding out from evacuating during Hurricane Katrina. Another song, “American Blood,” criticizes the war in Iraq because ... More About: Album
Miranda Lambert Accused of Assault; Still Dating Blake Shelton
2008-04-23 18:11:00 The sheriff’s department in Tyler, Texas is investigating an alleged assault case involving Miranda Lambert. According to reports, Lambert and her boyfriend Blake Shelton were attending a CD release party for an Adam Hood show when she was approached by Aisha Esbay for a photograph. She said Lambert told her “maybe later.” Esbay said she went ... More About: Dating , Assault , Miranda Lambert
Rodney Atkins - ?Invisibly Shaken?
2008-04-23 15:42:00 Songwriters: Rodney Atkins and Bill Kirsch Rodney Atkins? latest single from his blockbuster album If You’re Going Through Hell is the somber piano ballad ?Invisibly Shaken,? which Atkins co-wrote with Bill Kirsch. It tells the tale of a guy who is pretending to be ok with a breakup, but is in fact, ?invisibly shaken, quietly ... More About: Country Music
George Strait Bags Fifty-Sixth No. 1
2008-04-22 16:45:00 Although the charts aren’t officially out until Thursday, word has it that George Strait earned his 56th No. 1 with “I Saw God Today.” Another day, another pop artist wanting to make the crossover. Nelly Furtado has recorded a duet with Keith Urban on one of her previous hits, “In God’s Hands.” Check it out at ... More About: Willie Nelson , Kenny Chesney , Bags , Dale Watson
David Nail - ?I?m About To Come Alive?
2008-04-22 13:08:00 Songwriters: Charlie Colin, Rob Hotchkiss, Pat Monahan, Jimmy Stafford, Scott Underwood, Clint Bennett. For his debut MCA single, Daivd Nail offers up “I’m About To Come Alive ,” a deliriously awful song (originally butchered by pop-rock band Train on 2003’s My Private Nation) which pretends to be emotionally complex, but is, in practice, dripping with self-pity, ... More About: Country Music , David
High School Senior Scored Date With Taylor Swift to Prom
2008-04-21 18:20:00 Hillcrest High star-quarterback Whit Wright thought he would be going to senior prom solo. Fortunately for him, he was chosen as a finalist for MTV’s reality show “One Upon a Prom .” Taylor Swift, who missed her own senior prom, pulled his name from a hat and attended the prom with him this past weekend. The ... More About: Senior , School , High School
Bucky Covington - ?I?ll Walk?
2008-04-21 15:57:00 Songwriters: Lonnie Fowler and Brent Wilson For a demonstration of the influence of American Idol, look no further than Bucky Covington , who has been able to place his first two singles inside the top 20 despite being a mediocre artist, but if there’s any sensibility left in this world, his next single, “I’ll Walk ,” won’t ... More About: Country Music
Record Store Day: How Do You Like To Buy Music?
2008-04-19 20:18:00 It’s Record Store Day, so let’s find out how everyone prefers to purchase their music. Do you prefer the physical CD or the convenience of downloading digitally? iTunes , emusic, Amazon, or a combination? When you buy CDs, do you actually go to a record store or chain store or do you order CDs online? And ... More About: Music
Hacienda Brothers? Chris Gaffney Succumbed to Liver Cancer
2008-04-18 17:34:00 One of the roundups at the beginning of the month included the news that founding member and lead singer of the Hacienda Brothers Chris Gaffney was diagnosed with liver cancer. His insurance wasn’t going to cover all of the costs, so a benefit and a website were set up to help collect donation. In a ... More About: Cancer , Liver Cancer , Liver
Q&A: Eleven Hundred Springs Balancing Tradition and Innovation
2008-04-18 15:24:00 On Sunday, April 13th I was lucky enough to see one of my favorite bands, Eleven Hundred Springs, play at Safari Sam?s in Hollywod, Calfornia. Eleven Hundred Springs has a brand new album, Country Jam, being released on May 6th, and they were kind enough to take a little time out of their busy schedule ... More About: Tradition , Interview , Innovation
Chris LeDoux Giveaway: Classic Chris LeDoux
2008-04-17 19:00:00 “These are the songs that made Chris LeDoux the king of the modern day cowboy singers. It doesn?t get more real than this.” - Garth Brooks The late American music legend Chris LeDoux was a steadfast westerner who sang firsthand of rodeo glory and pain while living the life of a bona-fide modern-day cowboy. ... More About: Classic
More Performers Added To CMA Music Festival Lineup
2008-04-17 17:30:00 A whole slew of performers were added to the lineup for the CMA Music Festival , including everybody’s favorite Celebrity Apprentice, Trace Adkins. The lineup also sees Randy Travis returning after a decade long absence. Do Lyle Lovett and Australian pop singer Ben Lee look alike? Sixty-eight percent of the voters at Spinner see at least some ... More About: George Jones , Graw , Rascal Flatts
Mailbag: Are They For Real?
2008-04-17 15:23:00 This month’s edition of the mailbag features a sample of real emails from real people that we receive here at The 9513. We get a good laugh when these come in, so hopefully you’ll enjoy them as well. I have lyrics to a song that only you guys can sing or the whole meaning will be ... More About: Carrie Underwood , Kenny Chesney , Country Music , Big Kenny , Gretchen Wilson
Album Review: Hayes Carll - Trouble In Mind
2008-04-16 19:02:00 Far too much of the country music coming out today is ?successful? in achieving a very limited aim; to be enjoyable by leaning heavily on pop-rock conventions while using the lyrics to vaguely define the emotional point of the song and to provide just enough of a hook for folks to sing to. ... More About: Country Music , Review , Mind , Album
Tim McGraw Channels Inner Shel Silverstein for New Children?s Book
2008-04-16 17:03:00 A new children’s book, My Little Girl, penned by Tim McGraw and singer-songwriter Tom Douglas will hit bookshelves in October, with a forward foreword from Faith Hill. Hal Bogerd gushes over Peter Cooper’s newest album, Mission Door, claiming “if the year keeps going like this my 2008 top ten list is going to get pretty crowded.” Trisha ... More About: Children , Book , Channels , Silverstein
Brad Paisley Recording Duet With Buck Owens
2008-04-15 17:24:00 The forthcoming Brad Paisley instrumental album won’t be strictly instrumentals. According to GAC, there will be three or four vocal pieces, including a duet with Buck Owens . Brad got permission to work with the track from Buck’s company, and Brad thinks it’s “the most special thing on the record.” “He wrote a song that works great as ... More About: Recording
Album Review: Kathy Mattea - Coal
2008-04-15 16:21:00 Kathy Mattea’s recently released album, Coal , is a superb concept album centered around coal and it’s effect on the people who depend upon it for their livelihood. She’s taken a collection of songs that stood well on their own when released previously and molded them into her greater thematic vision to tell the story ... More About: Country Music , Review , Kathy Mattea , Album
Who Could Sue Country Music?
2008-04-14 18:01:00 In light of 50 Cent and Universal getting sued for promoting a gangsta’ lifestyle, Mike Severson asks who could sue country music for the lifestyle it promotes? “Soccer moms? Former 70?s rock fans? The state of Texas?” Sugarland, Little Big Town and Jake Owen all share the No. 50 song on Billboard’s Hot Country ... More About: Music , Country Music
A Nation?s Affair With Western Culture: The Story of Marty Robbins? ?El Pas
2008-04-11 22:56:00 Born in Glendale, Arizona as Martin David Robison in 1925, Marty Robbins spent his childhood idolizing Gene Autry and the cowboy way. “I wanted to be Gene Autry,” he once said. “I wanted to ride off into the sunset.” His penchant for the the Old West was further fed by romanticized stories told by his ... More About: Culture , Story , Country Music , Nation
Texas Monthly Gets Naked For Special Willie Nelson Cover
2008-04-11 18:25:00 Subscribers of Texas Monthly will receive a copy adorned with a portrait of Willie Nelson on the cover and no text. The preview is pretty flippin’ sweet. Jewel is returning to Nashville Star to join John Rich as a judge and mentor to the contestants. On July 8 George Jones will release Burn Your Playhouse Down (The ... More About: Keith Urban
Brandon Rhyder - ?Before I Knew Your Name?
2008-04-11 15:46:00 This song is currently #1 at the Texas Music Chart This single by Brandon Rhyder, which I believe is his first #1, kicks off with a cool roadhouse twang vibe and when his smooth, melodic voice chimes in, it provides a very interesting contrast. Things start to unravel shortly thereafter. The first verse really illustrates the problem ... More About: Country Music
Red Dirt: The Power of Infrastructure
2008-04-10 20:30:00 Having a major label record deal has never guaranteed success for an aspiring artist, but by and large in the past, having a major record deal served as a pre-requisite for success, after all, recording costs were prohibitively expensive and the majors had a lock on the retail distribution channels. We know now that it?s a ... More About: Power , Editorial , Infrastructure , Dirt , Red Dirt
Celebrate Poetry Month With Shel Silverstein Reissues
More articles from this author:2008-04-10 18:11:00 Shel Silverstein’s 1969 country album Boy Named Sue has been reissued by Water Records and includes liner notes from Chet Flippo. George Jones performed a 30-song concert on Monday night that lasted for over 90 minutes. Robert Reid says his voice showed signs of wear, but it never abandoned him. (via ggcolumn) “I listen to the radio ... More About: Poetry , Willie Nelson , Dierks Bentley , Vince Gill , Dale Watson 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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