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Country music's Lindi Ortega is rocking "Little Red Boots" a
2011-06-26 18:04:00 Country music's Lindi Ortega is rocking "Little Red Boots" and telling "Little Lies"...
Friends, that?s about all. The clock?s caught up with us.
2011-05-02 20:51:00 Sometimes we have to do things that suck, and unfortunately, today is one of those times. Brady and I decided to retire The 9513. Yep, big time suck. Believe me, it was a hard decision, and one I wish we didn’t have to make, but I could hardly find the time to write this announcement, ...
Album Review: Sunny Sweeney ? Sunny Sweeney EP
2011-01-19 13:00:00 Despite being considerably shorter than the anticipated full-length sophomore release, this uncreatively titled collection actually contains more of Sweeney’s own songwriting than Heartbreaker’s Hall of Fame, the 2006 record that first set fans and critics abuzz about the prodigiously talented Texan. In fact, Sweeney has cowritten every one of these five tracks—and that’s mostly for ...
Talking Country Music, Rock 'n' Roll, Politics and America with B
2010-10-08 21:36:00 David Masciotra and Bill Malone at the Wisconsin Books Festival. William Faulkner once said that authors and literature enthusiast are like "people who breed dogs." They're an eccentric group that is tripped out on their hobby, and they "have odd conversation like dog-breeders would discuss cross-breeding." On Friday (Oct. 1st, 2010) I arrived in Madison, Wisconsin to lead an assembly of dog breeders at the Wisconsin Books Festival. The coordinators of the WBF graciously invited me to share a stage with legendary country music historian Bill Malone--the retired history professor who has written the bestselling Country Music USA, along with Don't Get Above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class and his latest, Working...
Country music star Chely Wright, how will it impact her fan base?
2010-05-03 13:57:00 Country music star Chely Wright will be the first major country star to come out, how will it impact her fan base?
Academy of Country Music Alters ACM Awards Categories; Rodney Carrington’
2009-12-17 17:41:00 The Academy of Country Music announced that eight nominees will now be eligible for the fan-voted entertainer of the year prize at the 2010 ACM Awards. They’ve also merged the top new male and new female vocalist categories into one top new solo vocalist category and split the new duo-or-group category into top new vocal duo and top new vocal group categories. The newest single from Rodney Carrington’s Make It Christmas CD, “Camouflage and Christmas Lights,” isn’t a novelty song like it’s title might suggest, but instead pays tribute to the troops who can’t be home during the holidays. Watch the video on YouTube. In the first of a two-part list, Country California’s C.M. Wilcox checked off the best albums of the year. This year’s Tin Pan South songwriters festival will be held from from March 30-April 3. The folks at Hear Ya recorded an exclusive live session with Lissie. She writes beautiful country-tinged songs that were like A...
Fast Ryde ? ?Make It Rain?
2009-09-23 22:02:00 Boasting a repertoire filled with titles like ?That Thang,? ?Ridin? Dirty? and upcoming second single ?Make it Rain,? James Harrison and Jody Stevens–the two men behind the new Republic Nashville duo Fast Ryde–seem to be betting their career aspirations on their ability to spin phrases from prominent hip hop songs into slick pop-country fare for ...
Album Review: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ? Speed of Life
2009-09-23 16:12:00 It’s been five years since the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band released an album. Though they haven’t exactly been resting on their laurels, this interval between records isn’t too surprising: After all, once a band’s been together for 45 years, don’t you think they’d get a little bored with it all? Listening to Speed of Life, ...
Jason Aldean ? ?The Truth?
2009-09-22 23:10:00 Songwriters: Brett James and Ashley Monroe. Jason Aldean definitely knows what his fans want and expect?country songs about country life and country living…as long as they don?t sound too, you know, country. Sure, you can throw in a fiddle or a steel guitar, as long as those instruments don?t take away from the drums and electric ...
Joe Nichols Rediscovers His Passion For Country Music
2009-09-22 19:02:00 Joe Nichols has had a rocky road on his climb to country music stardom. For several years, Nichols fought alcohol addiction?and a music industry that can encourage a hard lifestyle. Now, Nichols is back with a new album, Old Things New, that hits stores on October 27. The 9513 caught up with Nichols to chat ...
Rosanne Cash with Bruce Springsteen ? ?Sea of Heartbreak?
2009-09-22 16:12:00 When Rosanne Cash turned eighteen, her father gave her a list of what he considered the 100 essential country songs. By way of an eleventh studio album, she recorded a dozen of them with a loose, jazzy backing band and an array of guests including Jeff Tweedy, Elvis Costello, and Bruce Springsteen. Without that backstory, The ...
Your Take: Regional vs. Mainstream
2009-09-19 14:00:00 I reviewed Texas honky-tonker Kevin Fowler’s new single “Beer Season” this week, and the comments section brought up some interesting points on the pluses and minuses of being a regional artist. Fowler is a mainstay in the Texas country music scene, but the only songs he’s written that have reached mainstream success have been recorded ...
Randy Houser ? ?My Kind Of Country?
2009-09-18 20:20:00 Songwriters: Dallas Davidson and Randy Houser. Randy Houser debuted as a balladeer of uncommon skill with the soulful ?Anything Goes,? but it was the Adkinsesque rocker ?Boots On? (in the vein of, but not quite as interesting as, ?Honky Tonk Badonkadonk?) that very nearly took him to the top of the charts, blocked only by Jason ...
Album Review: The Band of Heathens ? One Foot In The Ether
2009-09-18 18:31:00 The Band of Heathens has taken something of an unorthodox approach in its ascent to Americana notoriety. The Austin-based quintet made two live records and amassed a legion of fans before releasing its self-titled debut in 2008. Now, the band is back with its second effort, One Foot in the Ether. Fans of Cross Canadian ...
Friday Five: The Year?s Best Bird Songs
2009-09-18 14:24:00 Birds are creepy, as anyone who’s seen a certain Hitchcock film knows. But from the great speckled bird to Dolly Parton’s little sparrow, these hollow-boned, beady-eyed creatures are something of a country music fixture. Let’s give a listen to some of 2009’s bird songs. 5. “Basket of Singing Birds” – Missy Raines & The New Hip Jazzy ...
A Conversation with Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd
2009-09-17 13:00:00 Early in the 1970?s, a hybrid of rock and roll, blues and country music became immensely popular with a collection of artists from the heartland of America, and was appropriately deemed southern rock. Often thought to be too electric guitar-dominated for country radio at that time, groups like the Allman Brothers, the Charlie Daniels Band, ...
Anna Garrott ? ?What A Way To Go?
2009-09-16 19:03:00 Songwriters: Charlie Black, Bobby Fischer, Phil Vassar Anna Garrott?s first album came out last year on J&V records, and this is her debut single for Blue Steel Records. Unless you?re heavily into the independent country music scene or are a personal friend/family relation of hers, you?re probably never heard her name until just now. If her ...
CMA Music Fest in Nashville
2009-06-10 17:13:00 PatriotPartner and I are in Nashville for the annual CMA Country Music Festival. Last night was our first ever visit to Grand Ole Opry for a great show: Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town, Ricky Skaggs, Trace Adkins, Charlie Daniels Band and a few others. Quite an event! All week there are concerts and events, many free, ...
By: GayPatriot
ACM Awards 2009 Winners: Academy of Country Music Awards Winners
2009-04-05 08:13:00 ACM Awards 2009 take place on Sunday, April 5 at 8 PM ET/PT on CBS. See a complete list of nominees, winners, photos, and video below of the Academy of Country Music Awards 2009. This is the the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The ceremony takes place at MGM Grand ...
By: Right Celebrity
Happy Anniversary Ron ?n Nancy
2009-03-04 22:18:00 Today we celebrate the 57th anniversary of the nuptials of Ronald Reagan and his beloved Nancy. Her strength and affection helped him become the great man that he was. And his appreciation of this strong woman helped define his quality as a man. Few presidents were as devoted to their wives as was the ...
By: GayPatriot
Country Music!
2008-12-11 21:38:00 I have loved this song ever since Sarah showed it to me!This week I was watching Country music with my Grandmother, when I heard Josh Turner's new song "Ever Thing Is Fine."Make sure you check out pictures from Nick's basketball game down below!
A Classic Thanksgiving in 2008 – Football, Country Music, Motorsports, Ca
2008-11-27 20:43:00 As I sit here in my bedroom watching the Titans vs. the Lions, yeah what a game, keep in mind that going into today, the Titans were 10-1, while the Lions were 0-11, yeah that’s a good match up, but hay what are you going to do, its Thanksgiving and I am watching Football, sounds good to me, by the way, the score is 36-10 Titans at halftime. Personally I am a New England Patriots fan, when it comes to football for me, I will watch a game if I can and it really doesn’t matter the teams, although a Patriots game would be my first choose.Anyway, first I would like to wish everybody a Happy Thanksgiving and a special Happy Thanksgiving to all of our troops. Today is a day to relax and give thanks, and on this day which started with getting up a 9am-10am to watch the Macy’s day parade on television, this year it was on CBS, because I wanted to watch Sugarland perform, I only got the chance to watch and listen to one song, but I like the song “Settlin’”, what a voice Jennifer ...
Shania Twain @ 42nd Country Music Awards
2008-11-13 13:01:00 Shania Twain @ 42nd Annual CMA Awards - Arrivals, Nashville The Country Music Association promised a major surprise in the lead up to Wednesday's CMA Awards ? and it came at the tail-end of the three-hour telecast: Shania Twain presented the final honor of the night ? entertainer of the year ? to Kenny Chesney."You look really good tonight!" he said as he took the trophy in his hands.Shania Twain, wearing a low-cut Missoni gown, had walked out to a standing ovation. "It's good to see all of you too," she told the crowd Wednesday at Nashville's Sommet Center. "I hope to be seeing a lot more of you."Shania Twain, 43, won the coveted entertainer of the year award in 1999, and was last at the CMA awards in 2004Shania Twain @ 42nd Country Music Awards show
One Night Stand ? Thank God For Country Music
2008-08-31 23:47:00 http://www.last.fm/music/One+Ni-ght+Stand
Country Music I Like Despite My Better Judgment
2008-07-31 10:00:00 Music has always been a big part of my life, I grew up playing the Chopin while rocking out to my Def Leppard and INXS on weekends. I love jazz, alternative, opera, classic rock, classic classical, even movie soundtracks, Broadway and orchestral arrangements. The only musical genre I dislike is Country. Well I'm not big on New Age either but that's beside the point.I say this all with caution because I recognize that saying one hates Country music is something like saying one hates the flag, Abraham Lincoln or Lost and I know I'm setting myself up for angry mail. But the first part of a cure is admitting you need help, right? So though I can't handle the twang, the ethos or the clothing Country music spawns there are a few--very few--songs that could be considered "Country" music that I like. Maybe even love--though I'm not sure I'm prepared to admit to the "L" word yet.I suppose I should dedicate this list to my grandfather who is a die-hard Country fan. Not the Toby Ke...
By: Scribbit
Jessica Simpson: I?m Sticking to Country Music
2008-06-10 19:06:00 “I’m planning on making country for the rest of my life.” Says the onetime pop sensation More: continued here
By: Feed Me Gossip
Do You Like Country Music?
2008-06-04 18:45:00 There is not much that I know about the country music scene, but I am being enlightened here in California by my dear dear friend JV. He has recently redesigned and relaunched his amazing site, and I am here to tell you to go check it out, while he works hard to throw up the ...
By: Some Go Softly
Album Review: Jewel - Perfectly Clear
2008-06-04 15:00:00 Perfectly Clear is absolutely magnificent and gloriously country. But only for three minutes and fifty-five seconds. That’s the duration of “Anyone But You,” a starkly classic heartbreak ballad, co-written by Jewel and Wynn Varble, which is startling in its traditional aesthetic and delivered with unexpected authenticity and uncalculated emotion. The track opens with a gentle ...
Book Review: Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death, and Country Music by Dana Jenn
2008-06-02 20:45:00 It begins with a fitting quote from Hank Williams, “You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.” Part memoir, part history, part analysis, Dana Jennings sometimes waxes poetic about the country music he loves in Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death, and Country Music. Specifically, country music made between 1950 to 1970, or a time period he still refers to as The Great Depression. The Great Depression we know from the history books had ended by then, but poor people—Jennings’ people—didn’t see much difference in being dirt in the ‘30s and being dirt in the ‘60s. And that’s who the music was made for by people who had been there. “Country music knows broader and deeper truths about the twentieth-century American Dream, universal truths that resonate well beyond the music’s original audience. […] If you truly want to understand the whole United States of America in the twentieth century, you need to understan...
Album Review: Eleven Hundred Springs - Country Jam
2008-05-30 15:04:00 In conversation, as well as in my writing, I?m often dismissive of current, corporate, country music radio, so it?s typical to field accusations of ?elitism,? of trying to pigeonhole country music?s sound into an early 60?s George Jones mold for narrow-minded nostalgia?s sake, and of requiring that every song have the pretense of earth-shaking ...
Sugarland - ?All I Want to Do?
2008-05-30 03:55:00 I?ll say this much about Sugarland: they?re not afraid to be pioneers. Unfortunately, as much as ?Stay,? with its sparse, acoustic and percussion-less arrangement, was an anomalous example of a great country song, ?All I Want to Do? marks a new frontier for bad country songs. There have not been many truly great ...
Jessica Simpson - ?Come On Over?
2008-05-29 15:46:00 Songwriters: Jessica Simpson, Victoria Banks, Rachel Proctor. Jessica Simpson’s debut “country” single, which amounts to three minutes of step-by-step instructions pertaining to the exact method by which you will leave your house/apartment and “come on over” to hers, is, without question, one of the most pointless songs I’ve ever heard. But what were you expecting, ...
Comment on Sneering at Jessica Simpson’s Country Music Transformation
2008-05-28 23:01:00 No one wants her to go country…we just want her to GO AWAY!
By: Unreality Music
Can You Duet?s Wild Honey - The Exclusive 9513 Interview
2008-05-27 16:53:00 It took a bit of prodding, some motherly encouragement, and even a little cheesecake to bring together Victoria Gibson and Ruth Collins, who now appear on CMT’s Can You Duet as the duo Wild Honey. Victoria, who was raised in a conservative Christian household in Cummings, GA, began teaching herself guitar at the age of twelve. ...
Edward Winterhalder Attends The Academy Of Country Music Awards Show & Char
2008-05-25 19:27:00 Edward Winterhalder, celebrity biker and author of books about the biker lifestyle, has just returned from Las Vegas, Nevada, where he participated in the 5th annual Montgomery Gentry Academy of Country Music Charity Ride, held on May 17, 2008.This year the riders, led by Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry, rode about 60 miles from Las Vegas up in to the mountains near Mount Charleston, where they had lunch with the more than 1,000 bikers that rode with them, to raise money for the Academy of Country Music?s Charity Fund.Along with American Gladiator star Hollywood ?Wolf? Yates, country music stars Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Craig Morgan, James Otto, Bluefield, Carolina Rain, Keith Anderson, Trick Pony alumni Heidi Newfield and Ira Dean, Cody McCarver, The Road Hammers, The Roys, Stephen Cochran, Emma Mae Jacob, Richie McDonald and Sarah Buxton were among those who took part in the benefit, which kicked off at Las Vegas Harley-Davidson and ended at Fremont Street in downtown La...
Karolina Kurkova Country Music Awards 2008
2008-05-24 00:00:00 Karolina Kurkova Country Music Awards 2008 Etiketler : Karolina Kurkova Country Music Awards
By: Resimler
Karolina Kurkova Country Music Awards 2008 2
2008-05-24 00:00:00 Karolina Kurkova Country Music Awards 2008 2 Etiketler : Karolina Kurkova Country Music Awards
By: Resimler
Karolina Kurkova Country Music Awards 2008 3
2008-05-24 00:00:00 Karolina Kurkova Country Music Awards 2008 3 Etiketler : Karolina Kurkova Country Music Awards
By: Resimler
Forbes Lists Toby Keith As Country Music?s Top Money Maker
2008-05-22 17:33:00 Alan Jackson falls in at No. 10 on Forbes’ list of the top-earning country music stars, but Toby Keith takes the top spot with a cool $48 million in earnings over the last year. Bob from the Lefsetz Letter has written an interesting piece on Tuesday night’s American Idol Top-2, in which he talks, specifically, about ...
Album Review: Julianne Hough - Julianne Hough
2008-05-22 15:00:00 In one way, Julianne Hough could be considered the first member of a new generation of country singers. Scholars and fans alike have noted the evolution of the country genre from the music of the rural lower class to the soundtrack of suburbs. This demographic shift, and the coincident thematic divergence of radio singles, ...
Entertainment Weekly Provides a Primer for Country Music
2008-05-22 00:39:00 Entertainment Weekly magazine has assembled a list of the 25 Country Albums You Need to Hear (Even If You Hate Country Music). Included are classics from Johnny Cash and Hank Williams, newer artists like the Dixie Chicks and Miranda Lambert, artists who are better known as Americana than Country like Steve Earle and Gillian Welch and country-rockers (and pure rockers) like the Flying Burrito Brothers and Elvis Costello.Overall, though, this is a pretty fine list of the historic breadth of country music, something that you wouldn't realize if you just listened to current country radio. We've broken the list into veteran (began recording in 1985 or before) and modern artists.Veteran ArtistsGold - Hank WilliamsAt Folsom Prison - Johnny CashCarnagie Hall Concert - Buck Owens and his BuckaroosThe Complete Reprise Sessions - Gram ParsonsThe Best of - Merle HaggardCoat of Many Colors - Dolly PartonElite Hotel - Emmylou HarrisRed Headed Stranger - Willie NelsonThe Definitive Collection ...
Karolina Kurkova pictures at the Country Music Awards
2008-05-21 14:12:00 Karolina Kurkova attended the 2008 Country Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Sunday (May 18). She looks great as usual, but I have to say I don’t like her outfit at all! 5 more pictures of Karolina showing off her long legs after the ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Karolina Kurkova pictures at the Country Music Awards", url: "http://www.celebritybodygossip-.com/2008/05/21/karolina-kurkov-a-pictures-at-the-country-music--awards/" });
Nicole Kidman shows off her big baby bump at the Country Music Awards
2008-05-21 13:54:00 Seven month pregnant Nicole Kidman finally showed off her baby bump in its full glory at the Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday (May 18), where she turned out to support her husband Keith Urban. Nicole looks so beautiful and radiant not only because she is pregnant, but also because she’s off the Botox ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Nicole Kidman shows off her big baby bump at the Country Music Awards", url: "http://www.celebritybodygossip-.com/2008/05/21/nicole-kidman-s-hows-off-her-big-baby-bump-at-t-he-country-music-awards/" });
Album Review: Cory Morrow - Vagrants & Kings
2008-05-21 12:08:00 When it comes to songwriting, Cory Morrow is like that guy at the party who keeps telling the same lame jokes over and over, while all of his friends look on, either too embarrassed or too kind to break the truth to him that he’s not funny in the slightest. Vagrants & Kings, the Texas ...
A few free country music song downloads
2008-05-21 06:28:00 Mindy McCready’s comeback single “I’m Still Here” 12 Free country songs from people magazine
By: Free Stuff Times
Carrie Underwood Photos from the Country Music Awards
2008-05-20 17:01:00 Carrie Underwood looked and sounded great at the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards over the weekend and it’s not a fluke! We’ve seen Carrie looking great before — well, OK, all the time– and she did manage to take home two CMA awards at the recent award show. And although Carrie Underwood may be...
Julianne Hough @ Academy of Country Music Awards (5/18/08)
2008-05-19 19:29:00 My favorite “star”, Julianne, looking beautiful. I wish she was interested in any type ofmusic other than country.
By: CelebsNow
Various Celebs - 3rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards
2008-05-19 16:11:00 Copyright 2008 Hot Celebs Home. Visit the original article at http://www.hotcelebshome.com/va-rious-celebs-3rd-annual-academy--of-country-music-awards/.
By: Hot Celebs Home
Ladies Fashion at The 43rd Academy of Country Music Awards 2008!
2008-05-19 11:35:00 Kellie Pickler arrives at the 43rd Academy of Country Music Awards at The MGM Grand Garden Arena. LeAnn Rimes arrives at the 43rd Academy of Country Music Awards at The MGM Grand Garden Arena. Carrie Underwood arrives at the 43rd Academy of Country Music Awards at The MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 18, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Carrie is never one to disappoint on the red carpet.
By: Young LifeStyle
43rd ACM Country Music Award Winners
2008-05-19 04:25:00 Sugarland, Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift were the big winners at tonight’s 43rd annual Academy of Country Music (ACM) Country Music Awards. The show was hosted by the always entertaining Reba McIntyre. Brad Paisley and Underwood did a moving tribute to country great Eddie Arnold who passed away ten days ago. Other stars to perform included Dolly Parton, Trace Adkins, Brooks & Dunn, Miranda Lambert, Montgomery Gentry, Rodney Atkins, and Sugarland. Garth Brooks won a life time achievement award and his wife Trisha Yearwood made an appearance as well. A very prepped out Keith Urban, in suit, vest and tie, was in attendance with his very pregnant wife Nicole Kidman. Kenny Chesney took home the biggest trophy of the night, ‘Entertainer of the Year.’ Here is a look at the nominees and WINNERS (in bold) (more…) |
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