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Q&A With Melissa Lawson, Nashville Star Winner - a 9513 Exclusive Interview

Q&A With Melissa Lawson, Nashville Star Winner - a 9513 Exclusive Interview

With the sound of her children chattering in the background, Melissa Lawson insists to me that she’s just a regular person. And even though she currently has the hottest country song on iTunes (she knows this because she’s checked the charts herself), the John Rich-written and produced &... Read more

Live Blog: Nashville Star Season Six Finale

Live Blog: Nashville Star Season Six Finale

It’s the day that I’ve been waiting for since I first heard Underwear Boy sing: the season finale of Nashville Star! Since early in the competition I’ve felt confident that Melissa Lawson will prevail, and I still predict that she’ll come out on top. However, a significant part... Read more

Live Blog: Nashville Star, Season Six, Episode Eight

Live Blog: Nashville Star, Season Six, Episode Eight

I’ve spent most of the day trying to come up with some clever ultimatum to ensure that Coffey goes home this week, only to conclude that my efforts are ultimately fruitless. Thus, all I can say is: America, please? It’s the penultimate episode of Nashville Star and the performances and vote... Read more

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Aug 13 Rucker Proves That Sometimes, The Best Marketing Is No Marketing At All

Rucker Proves That Sometimes, The Best Marketing Is No Marketing At All

Don’t look now, but Darius Rucker, lead singer of 90s rock group Hootie & The Blowfish, has a country hit on his hands. “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” currently sits at number 14 on...

Nov 3 Carrie Underwood Dazzles Halloween Audience

Sep 15 Opry Member Charlie Walker Passed Away Friday at 81

Aug 28 Mailbag: What Would Kristofferson Do?

Aug 22 Country Music Loses The Beat With the Passing of Buddy Harman

Aug 14 Jamey Johnson Joins Willie Nelson and Kenny Chesney In Farm Aid Lineup

Aug 4 Initial List Of Artists Announced For Americana Music Festival

Jul 28 Hank Jr. Continues Monday Night Football Partnership

Jul 22 Natalie Maines Turns Wedding Singer…For A Day

Jul 14 Small Texas Town Catches Gabe Fever; John Rich Salivates

Jul 10 At 81 And With Two Albums Due This Year, Charlie Louvin Isn’t Slowing Down

Nov 20 Richie McDonald - “How Do I Just Stop”

Richie McDonald - “How Do I Just Stop”

Songwriters: Tommy Lee James and Richie McDonald. In an election year full of tough questions and partisan bickering, former Lonestar-frontman-gone-Christian-crooner Richie McDonald offers some much-needed...

Nov 20 Donnie Vondra - “If I Didn’t Love You”

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...

Nov 19 Album Review: Hank Williams Sr. - The Unreleased Recordings

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...

Nov 19 Lance Miller - “Bacon Frying”

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...

Nov 18 Album Review: Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - “Rattlin’ Bones”

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...

Nov 18 Kellie Pickler - “Best Days of Your Life”

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...

Nov 17 John Rich - “Another You”

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...

Nov 14 George Ducas - “Walk Through This World”

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...

Nov 14 Sarah Buxton - “Space”

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...

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