Even if you have no interest in Hank Williams (hah, who am I kidding?), Peter Egan's article, recounting a trip he and Richard Mayer made following the route of Williams' famous last ride to a gig in Canton, Ohio, is a captivating read full of interesting details and trivia. For instance, Hank's driver, Charles Carr, [...]
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Songwriters: Liz Rose & Taylor Swift. If "Love Story" is a theme song for an animated Disney fairy tale, Taylor Swift's new single "White Horse" could have played behind the many misadventures of the jaded women on Sex and the City. In fact, the song did air on SATC byproduct Grey's Anatomy, a decidedly un-teenage television [...]
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A LoFi MP3 of an original song composed and performed by the Dixie Chicks has leaked on the internet. "Lucky Ones" was slated to appear in the upcoming Lionsgate film titled The Lucky Ones, directed by Neil Burger and starring Tim Robbins, but the song was removed from the film when both sides could not [...]
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Rodney Atkins' "It's America," which he debuted on last month's CMA Awards broadcast, is presumptuous and without substance. More importantly, it makes poor use of subjective personal pronouns. The first single from Atkins' upcoming project, "It's America" boasts a chorus that rattles off a list of very pleasant nostalgia meant to conjure the warm [...]
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Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of one of three 8-year-old boys murdered in Crittenden County, Ark. in 1993, recently filed a complaint against Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines for statements posted to the band's website in November of 2007 and comments she made last December. The complaint alleges Maines wrongfully made a "false and reckless claim that [...]
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"Because you see, we live what we sing. Or, put another way, we sing what we live In telling things as they are, in being what we are, we are true to our 'raising' - to the small town and rural American values we take for granted . These values are heavily religious, but they [...]
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The 9513's Jim Malec recently profiled new Ironworks Records duo Honeyhoney, whose sound draws from Country, Folk and Pop influences. "Slow Brains," from the duo's debut album First Rodeo, showcases lead singer Suzanne Santo's Banjo work, and we've teamed up with our friends at Ironworks and Universal Music to offer the track free for download. [...]
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Songwriter: Dean Brody. Back in January, I briefly profiled Canadian artist Dean Brody in The 9513's "New Faces" feature, and in that profile, I urged that his label, Broken Bow, lead with the song "That's What Brothers Are For," calling it a "fantastic and deeply poignant song." Now, 12 months later, BBR has taken my [...]
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Dierks Bentley's fourth studio album, due out on Feb. 3, will keep the title of his first single from the record, "Feel That Fire," and he'll debut the video this Friday on Yahoo! Music. Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks, who have been dating for five months, casually throw out the possibility of the "M" word. The Gruene [...]
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Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. More than forty years after Johnny Cash first uttered his famous greeting to kick off his concert at Folsom State Prison in January 1968, the recordings have finally been released in their entirety with At Folsom Prison: The Legacy Edition, a two CD, one DVD box. Cash played two sets for the [...]
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Bobby Bare Jr. says Shel Silverstein critiqued every song he wrote until he died and says he was his father's best friend. In that respect, it's only fitting that Bare Sr. and Jr. are collaborating on a tribute album to the late children's author, artist, poet and songwriter. Scheduled for release sometime next year, the [...]
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Songwriters: Brett James & Troy Verges. In 2005 Josh Gracin delivered what I believe is one of the finest performances from a mainstream male country artist this decade; Gracin's vocal on "Stay With Me (Brass Bed)" is urgent and vulnerable, oscillating between contemplative, understated verses and a pleading chorus that glows with desire. Since that [...]
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Just in time for the holidays, Joey Rory created a "Sleighbell Mix" of their song "Cheater Cheater" and posted it on MySpace. Unfortunately, they removed the hip hop inspired "King Mix" before I had a chance to listen to it, but based on forum response, I didn't miss much. The Austin Chronicle's Doug Freeman says honky-tonk can't [...]
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We're thankful for a lot of things here at The 9513, but most of all, we're thankful for you, our readers. That's why we're always looking for opportunities to offer you a chance to pick up some kick-ass free stuff-it's one way we know to show you how much we appreciate your support. [...]
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After being named one of People's sexiest men, Blake Shelton hit the streets of New York with a camera in tow to find out what new superpowers he possessed and concluded that life will never be the same. Darryl Worley told Music City TV's Brad Schmitt that he and Trace Adkins once brawled in a California [...]
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Always the realist, Trace Adkins knows that people don't put him in the same class as Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney and George Strait, but he doesn't let that change his approach to his job. He tells The Tennessean's Beverly Keel: "I'm the journeyman. Have you ever seen those fighters? There's a big title fight [...]
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Written, produced, recorded, and released by the artist and his band, Rodney Hayden's homespun 12 Ounce World is a truly independent project in every sense of the word. And who needs a high-powered record label or a big recording budget when you can make music like this on your own? 12 Ounce World may not [...]
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Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood hauled in awards in the country category at the American Music Awards on Sunday. Jerry Jeff Walker warmed the crowd for George Jones on Saturday night in Grand Prairie, TX and 30 minutes away, a frail Loretta Lynn fought off the fatigue and overheating to turn in [...]
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Only in a strange world where Carrie Underwood's rock-opera howling would win her the CMA's Female Vocalist of the Year award, where Brad Paisley's tinny tone and pre-fab vocal interpretation would qualify him as country music's finest male vocalist, and where Kenny Chesney's pseudo-philosophic tropical-themed "Jimmy Buffet for soccer moms" music-and beach ball stadium tours-makes [...]
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Originally released in 1976, "Let Your Love Flow" went to No. 21 for The Bellamy Brothers, but a recent credit card commercial introduced the tune to a wider audience, helping it rise up the UK charts. (watch the commercial) Lee Ann Womack earned the 26th spot on Paste magazine's Best of 2008 list. Watch the black and [...]
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