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Thoughts on the 42nd CMA Awards

Thoughts on the 42nd CMA Awards

It was a dark and stormy night…oh wait, wrong story. If you will, remember back to one year ago when the CMA announced that the Hall of Fame induction ceremony would no longer take place during the televised awards broadcast and that they had no plans to acknowledge the inductees. Their reasoning... Read more


Jamey Johnson Debuts Video for “In Color”

Jamey Johnson Debuts Video for “In Color”

Checkout the brand spankin’ new video for Jamey Johnson’s “In Color.” Sound off in the comments, does the video live up to the song? Kenny Chesney isn’t a big fan of the new fan-voted Entertainer of the Year award, however he still remains respectful of the fans. “The... Read more


43rd Annual ACM Awards: Who Should Have Been Nominated

43rd Annual ACM Awards:  Who Should Have Been Nominated

In a perfect world, The 9513 staff would select the ACM nominees and fans would not vote for Entertainer of the Year. Here in the real world, the Academy votes for the nominees, the fans vote for the Entertainer, and I make fun of both. There are only two rules: as much as I’d like to, Read more




See also

Keith Urban - “Sweet Thing”
Songwriters: Keith Urban & Monty Powell. Urban is so damn good that he’s just doing his own thing at this point. And who’s going to stop him? It’s not really country. It’s not really pop....
Keith Urban - “You Look Good In My Shirt”
Songwriters: Mark Nesler, Tony Martin, and Tom Shapiro Back in 2004, Keith Urban was preparing to release a 5th single from his Golden Road album, but when “Days Go By” the single from his then upcoming...
50th Annual Grammy Awards Wrap-Up
We haven’t featured much Grammy coverage here on The 9513, but give us credit for weighing in when it counts: after the results have been revealed and with the benefit of perfect hindsight (we certainly...
Donnie Vondra - “If I Didn’t Love You”
Songwriters: Daryl Neil Burgess and Robert W. Terry, Jr. Some of today’s pop-country fare tries very hard to convince listeners of its legitimate country chops: Taking cues from David Allen Coe, some...
Album Review: Hank Williams Sr. - The Unreleased Recordings
The fifteen-disc bootleg of the so-called “Mother’s Best Flour Show” recordings has been floating around the internet for nearly a decade now, while numerous lawsuits were duked out by Hank Jr...
Lance Miller - “Bacon Frying”
Songwriters: Chuck Cannon, Gary Nicholson and Paul Overstreet. As contemporary country music seemingly gets wordier by the day, “Bacon Frying” is a charming country song that is beautiful for its simplicity...
Album Review: Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - “Rattlin’ Bones”
Duets have a long and illustrious history in country music, but they are also some of the hardest songs to execute well. For every “Whiskey Lullaby,” there’s a “Barroom Buddie...
Kellie Pickler - “Best Days of Your Life”
There’s a particular theme that runs through the core of Kellie Pickler’s music–it is often, when directed at members of the opposite sex, rather mean. “Best Days of Your Life,” co-written...
John Rich - “Another You”
For a guy who is supposed to be a genius songwriter, John Rich sure does seem to be running out of ideas. World/Girl, Do/You, Out/Down–these are the best rhymes a three-time ASCAP Songwriter of the...
George Ducas - “Walk Through This World”
Songwriters: George Ducas and David Lee Murphy. A lot has changed in country music since George Ducas charted his sole top ten single in 1994. Traditional stalwarts Travis Tritt, the Judds, Clint Black...
Sarah Buxton - “Space”
Songwriters: Sarah Buxton, Lari White & Chuck Cannon. Sarah Buxton’s voice, starting off as little more than a whisper, is so intimate and close on “Space” that you can almost feel her breath...
Free DVD: Randy Travis - Christmas on the Pecos
Later tonight some of country music’s biggest names will be bringing home CMA bling. But what about you? Shouldn’t they share the love with you, the die-hard fans who buy records, go to show...
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