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5 Country Singers That Wish They Were Rockers, But Fail 2007-08-07 19:09:30 It’s funny, a lot of people don’t realize this but country singers all actually wish that they were good old rock and roll singers. They long for the crazy all night after-show party complete with sexy strippers, illegal drugs and trashed hotel rooms. Instead they get a life of doing shows where people actually listen to the music, they clap and cheer and that’s all the excitement they get!
Yeah, country singers these days need some more excitement! They need some more action! They need more rock and roll!
1. Shania Twain - She’s a fast machine and I’m sure her motor’s clean, but watch this video. This is a woman who obviously needs a little rock and roll in her life. Here’s the problem though — she needs the attitude! She needs to smoke some cigarettes, get drunk in the back of a tourbus and spend a drunken night in the click…you know, to get her voice a little raspier! I also found it a bit disturbing to hear her sing tha Read more:Country
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Bucky Covington 2007-08-06 06:14:36 Also known as William Joel “Bucky
” Covington
III, this country music singer from North Carolina made 8th place in American Idol’s 5th season. It’s been all uphill from there.
Shortly after leaving American Idol, Lyric Street Records picked him up. From there, he released a single called “A Different World”. Read more:Bucky Covington
Tim McGraw Ring Stolen 2007-08-03 18:04:40 Well, it’s been a busy week for blog postings related to Tim McGraw
! He’s a popular guy I guess.
Got a video here of another encounter with a fan during a concert — this time he finds that his ring was stolen!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siohaf2Y4b0
Kellie Pickler 2007-08-02 19:53:56 If you don’t know who KelliePickler
is, you must be living under a rock. Because of her fame which came from American Idol, there are tons of web resources out there for Kellie Pickler
. You can find Kellie Pickler picture, Kellie Pickler lyrics, and anything else related to her.
Even though Kellie was eliminated from American Idol, she was able to secure a record deal from BNA Records and shortly after had a hit single called “Red High Heels”.
Not only is she good in the singing department, she is also getting her own sit-com coming soon! Look for it in the near future!
Katrina Elam 2007-08-02 19:33:19 Katrina Elam’’s country music career is still holding strong. The 23 year old has had some fairly successful singles in the past including “Love Is”, No End In Sight”, and “Flat On The Floor”
Right out of school, Katrina found herself in Nashville and got herself a record contract with Universal South. Her highest rating single since then was “No End In Sight” which made it to the US Country Chart’’s number 29 position. Her latest album called Turn Me Up is scheduled to be out later this year.
Want to have a little piece of Katrina Elam everywhere you go? Try finding yourself a Katrina ringtone for your cellphone — Click here, they may just have one! Read more:Katrina
Dierks Bentley Lyric 2007-08-02 19:31:32 Been looking for lyrics to your favorite Dierks Bentley
songs? The Arizona raised country singer’’s song lyrics can be found all over the web. Never heard of Dierks Bentley? Well…
Dierks Bentley came into the country music scene while working at The nashville Network as a researcher. Then, in 2003, his first single “What Was I Thinkin”?” was released from his album which was self titled. This song went number one and it was all uphill from there. He had other hits including “Settle for a Slowdown”, “Come a Little Closer”, and “Every Mile a Memory”.
Want to know more and get those lyrics too? Check this out
Tim McGraw Cruise 2007-08-02 19:27:54 The Tim McGraw
cruise this past winter was apparently a success. It will be interesting to see if more coutry artists do the same type of thing for their shows.
For those of you that missed it, the cruise involved 3 days and nights on a carnival cruise ship with country concerts every night with Time McGraw as well as other artists such as Jamie O”Neal, The Nashville Hitmakers, Jypsi and Chris Cagle.
Other events included Texaas Hold”em Poker where the winning player could get $20,000!
It would be great to see more artists have things like this!
If you are interested in going on a cruise yourself, maybe you can win one! Click here to see. Read more:Cruise
6 Degrees Of Martina McBride 2007-08-02 19:22:02 A new reality tv special has aired. 6 Degrees
Of MartinaMcBride
is a program where six country singers are given the challenge of tracking down Martina McBride
. The catch though is to do this in no more than six steps in order to prove that the entire world’’s population is connected by six degrees of separation. If they do succeed, they get a chance to sing and possible country music stardom.
The six contestants are:
Kristina Craig, 19, from Whitman, Nebraska.
Mark Jaspers, 26, from Beulah, North Dakota.
Dani Riker, 17, from Encampment, Wyoming.
DeAnne Roberts, 44, from Dickens, Texas.
Thomas Stratton, 18, from Union, Oregon.
Country Music Cd 2007-08-10 13:24:02
In order to get a little bit of discussion happening in my comments section here, we would like to know — what is your favorite country music cd? Just add a comment and share!
It will be interesting to see what types of country music people like here. Pluse it would be great to get some kind of discussion going!
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Billy Currington Tour Cancelled 2007-08-10 04:07:22 Billy
Currington has cancelled over 100 dates on his tour in order to get treatment for trauma he endured during his childhood.
In a recent People magazine article written by Beverly Keel, Currington reveals that he suffered physical abuse from his step father over the course of several years as a child. Billy apparently still has a lot of issues with anger to work on with the therapists at the treatment center.
This just goes to show how long something stays with you when it happens to you as a child. I hope Billy gets the help and peace of mind that he needs. It’s things like this that make us see that these country stars are still human and still have problems like you and me. Unfortunately, in Billy’s case, his problems are much greater. Get well soon, Billy! Read more:Cancelled
“So Small” by Carrie Underwood Hits The Charts 2007-08-12 06:23:21
The new single called &ldquo
;So Small
&rdquo
; by CarrieUnderwood
jumped on the Billboard charts with force starting at number 20 and it looks like it is going to go up from there. “Never Wanted Nothing More” by Kenny Chesney should be shaking in his cowboy boots! hahaha!Carrie is just another great example of the talent that came out of American Idol. To be honest, I was never a huge fan of the show but I cannot deny that it certainly does find some excellent and later successful musicians.
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Want More Country Music? Don’t Just Look At The Major Label Artists… 2007-08-11 18:08:49
I was looking around Myspace this morning and it’s amazing to see the many amazing country artists out there doing their own thing and getting themselves known — without the major labels. These country singers and bands are making a name for themselves on the web and it’s only uphill from there!
Just to give you an idea on what is out there for talent, I pulled the top 5 unsigned country artists from MySpace:
1. Jessica Andrews - Judging from the number of profile views (over 2 million so far!) and the quality of her recordings available, she’s got a bright career ahead of her. She’s got the looks, talent and ambition — I look forward to following her career.
2. Corey Smith - Now here’s a busy country singer (at least judging by his show schedule on his MySpace page). This “Hard-Headed Fool” lists country influences like Willie Nelson on his site but it is cool to see that he has a great open mind and also has people like Read more:Country
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Kenny Chesney - Choosing Between Music And Football? 2007-08-16 04:02:23
Back in high school, KennyChesney
was a wide receiver for his school’s football team. Now, years later, he is planning on giving it a try again for the New Orleans Saints.This came about during meeting with Saints Coach, Sean Payton. They became friends because they were both interested in football. This friendship eventually lead to this opportunity for Chesney.
Check out the entire article here.
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Upcoming Country Music CD’s 2007-08-14 17:40:32 I was looking over at Amazon today and decided to check out their country music section and see what is going to be released in the near future. There are quite a number of new albums from some awesome counry artists out there! Not only that, but you can pre-order your music and then you’ll get it in your mailbox as soon as it is released! It’ll be like Christmas! I went a little crazy but I love my music! Haha! Here’s what I ordered — er…I mean pre-ordered (and you should too!):
Reba Duets - Reba McIntyre - being released on September 18th.
Rascal Flatts - Still Feels Good - being released on September 25th
Kenny Chesney - Just Who I Am: Poets and Pirates - being released on September 25th
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Toby Keith’s new Christmas CD Coming Out 2007-08-14 04:16:10
Want to hear Toby Keith
do some Christmas
music. Well, it’s looking like you will be able to this fall because he is planning on releasing a two CD set of Christmas music. This will be the first Christmas album in over 10 years by Keith.The CD’s will mainly consist of traditional Christmas carols done in the “Toby way”. In fact, we even have the list of songs that are going to be on the album!
Disc One
1. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
2. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
3. Winter Wonderland
4. Silver Bells
5. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
6. Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
7. The Christmas Song
8. White Christmas
9. Frosty The Snowman
10. Please Come Home For Christmas
Disc Two
1. Little Drummer Boy
2. Go Tell It On The Mountain
3. The First Noel
4. O Come All Ye Faithful
5. Silent Night
6. Away In A Manger
7. We Three Kings
8. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
10. Joy To The World
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New Garth Brooks Boxed Set 2007-08-20 04:20:05 Looks like GarthBrooks
is planning on releasing a new boxed set called “The Ultimate Hits” on November 6th. Just in time for Christmas! The first single from this CD set will be released on August 27 and it will be called “More Than A Memory.” Definitely can’t wait to hear that one!
The new boxed set will contain 3 CD’s containing 30 over his older hits and a few news songs, including a duet with Huey Lewis. It wil also include a DVD with videos for all the songs.
The CD set, when it first comes out, will feature a limited edition CD cover.
#1 On iTunes! Tim McGraw 2007-08-17 03:57:00
Currently, the number on song on iTunes
is “If You’re Reading This” by our good friend (and by good friend, I just mean that we blog a lot about him!) Tim McGraw
. The song was written to honor the soldiers who were killed in the war in Iraq as well as those soldier’s families.This song is also included on his latest CD, “Let It Go.”
McGraw, along with his wife, Faith Hill, just get done their Soul2Soul tour this week. One of the longest tours they have ever done!
Fourth Annual Music City Jam Host Announced 2007-08-23 04:12:08 And it’s going to be Brad Paisley!
This year’s Music
City Jam will be hosted by Brad Paisley on March 5th. Last year he was set to play at the show but his first child ended up being born the same day so he had to cancel his appearance.
Paisley has had a successful year with his latest CD called “5th Gear” selling over 500,000 copies.
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Taylor Swift On America’s Got Talent 2007-08-22 04:13:43
Did you happen to see Taylor
Swift’s performance with America
’s Got Talent
finalist, Julienne Irwin? If you didn’t see it, you’ll have to try to find it on Youtube. Give it a day or two and the video is bound to be on there.
Unfortunately, the performance for Irwin was not enough to win though. She was later eliminated from the show ad eventually the America’s Got Talent winner and million dollar prize was rewarded to ventriloquist Terry Vator.
In my opinion, as a country fan, she should have won! LOL! But Vator was amazing as were all the rest of them so it probably was a tough call in the end. I have a feeling that this is not the last we’ll be seeing of her.
New Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees 2007-08-21 04:03:34 Three more country music artists have been selected to be included in the CountryMusic
Hall of Fame - Ralph Emery, Mel Tillis and Vince Gill. They will be inducted formally in October.
In order to get chosen for this honor, over 300 people vote on who should be chosen to be included.
Winner Announced For Road To Nashville 2007-08-27 04:09:31 A singer from Texas has won a demo record deal worth $50,000 with Capitol Records in Nashville
. The contest: an online singing competition sponsored by the label.
Grand Prairie native, Joshua Engel was given the award on August 24th concluding over four months of voting online.
Over the course of the contest, there were over five million people that visited the site. The contest began with over 1300 contestants who were narrowed down to 10 finanists. These ten were sent to Nashville to perform in front of a panel of judges. From there, three were chosen for a second performance and then Engel was declared the winner.
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2007-08-31 04:18:29
I just found a great little write up about the announcement of the Country Music Association Awards — check it out at Cybergrass. Looks like among the nominees is Alison Krauss for four awards! Vocal Group of the Year, Female Vocalist, and two for Musical Event of the Year. Way to go for her!
Also, Vince Gill, Jerry Douglas, Martina McBride and many more are up for awards as well.
I can’t wait to see the awards on November 7th!
“Better Get To Livin” 2007-08-30 04:14:44 Looks like Dolly Parton has been back to work in the studio. A new song called &ldquo
;Better Get To Livin&rdquo
; is available exclusively through iTunes. The song will be officially released on Sept 28 to the country radio stations as well as the new album entitles Backwoods Barbie releasing in the new year.
The song will also be featured in the spring 2008 release of Broadway musical “9 to 5: The Musical” which was written by Dolly.
More Nashville On XM 2007-08-29 04:13:38
XM Radio, the US’s largest satellite radio company, has decided to add some new studios in Nashville
. XM has over eight million subscribers. Currently, their studios are located at the Country Music Hall of Fame. The new studio will include office space, a full production studio and performance studio.
This expansion will allow XM to cover more things like live shows, interviews, etc that country music lovers will definitely enjoy.
I’m an XM subscriber myself and it will be interesting to see if anything changes to their programming when they get this expansion completed. it’s an excellent service now and the country music stuff is excellent, but if they add more to it I’ll be in heaven!
The CMA Awards Are Coming Soon! 2007-11-06 17:22:08 I was checking out a great country music blog earlier and came across a great prediction post on the CMA awards. I don’t know about you but I like to hear what others think about various country music artists. Check out the blog post here at The 9513. You’ll also see all the nominees for each category too!
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Famecast 2007-11-06 04:13:32
Winner of Online Country Competition to Perform Alongside Tim McGraw, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Other Stars at Inaugural Big State Festival – Oct. 13-14 in College Station, TexasAustin, TX (September 12, 2007) – The inaugural Big State Festival — a two-day country music extravaganza with more than 50 artists on five stages, including Tim McGraw, Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Dierks Bentley — is saving a special spot on its lineup for the winner of “Big State Big Star,” a new, user-generated online contest sponsored by the festival and FameCast.
FameCast, the leading online talent competition, will host the competition on its site, FameCast.com. From Sept. 12-25, visitors can vote for their favorite artist from among the 20 top entrants from FameCast’s Season 1 and 2 country competitions. After the voting period closes, Big State Festival organizers will choose a winner from the Top 5 fan favorites. The lucky artist will perform on Oct.
Looking for Country Music Fans - Get Free CD’s! 2007-11-05 12:59:04 Over the past few months, I’ve received a lot of requests to review albums. Now, I don’t have the time to do this myself so I am looking for people who would like to do this. The only thing I can offer is that you will get to keep the CD’s that you review. As well, you will be given credit for the review and can leave a link to your website if you have one. Just email me at info@nashville95.com if you are interested.
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Network follows the lives of four of Nashville’s most successful songwriters 2007-11-11 10:34:09 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 2007) Imagine writing No.1 hits for some of
country music¹s biggest artists, having the stories of your life performed
by the voices of Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts and many more
country artists. Fans all over the world are singing your songs and artists
look forward to being on the receiving end of your next masterpiece. That
dream is an actual reality of four songwriters featured in Great American
Country¹s new music-based reality series, The Hitmen of Music Row, which
premieres Sept. 26 at 8 p.m. ET.
The Hitmen of Music Row consist of Bob DiPiero, Tony Mullins, Jeffrey
Steele and Craig Wiseman, four of Nashville
¹s most accomplished songwriters
who among them boast a combined 38 No. 1 hits. The show follows them as
they take their four-man act on the road across the United States to
Nashville, Atlanta, New York and Las Vegas and presents a behind-the-scenes
look at the songwriting process.
³Everyone wants to know what it¹s like t
More CMA Awards links. 2007-11-10 08:12:18 Wow! There are a ton of county music award posts out there and I think I sould share them all with you. There’s some excellent opinions and commentary out there. Check these out:
The 9513
Kellie Picklier Cries At CMA Awards
Carrie Underwood Wins Two Country Music Awards
Rehashing the CMA Awards
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