http://topicfire.com/Country-Music 2010-09-10T13:28:41+00:00 text/html 2010-09-10T18:25:22+00:00 http://www.the9513.com/ http://www.the9513.com/friday-five-el-caminos/ <a href="http://www.the9513.com/friday-five-el-caminos/"><img src="http://www.the9513.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/51S1NodF12L._SL90_.jpg" /></a><br />El Caminos are part car, part truck, part creepy, part cool. I wish I had one. Instead I&#8217;ll just listen to these songs, ranked in order of their El Camino concentration. 5. &#8220;It Takes a Man&#8221; &#8211; Chris Young A young man is told about his girlfriend&#8217;s pregnancy while the pair is... text/html 2010-09-10T14:50:17+00:00 http://www.the9513.com/ http://www.the9513.com/americanafest-recap-mercy-lounge-happenings/ <a href="http://www.the9513.com/americanafest-recap-mercy-lounge-happenings/"><img src="http://www.the9513.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/americanafest201.jpg" /></a><br />Americana Music Festival goers didn’t even get a chance to settle down after a surprise 30-minute Robert Plant performance at the Awards Show before more showcases around town fired back up. Tonight’s venue of choice was the Mercy Lounge&#8211;where both Dale Watson and Wanda Jackson took the stage. For a guy... text/html 2010-09-10T14:01:47+00:00 http://www.the9513.com/ http://www.the9513.com/album-review-jamey-johnson-the-guitar-song/ <a href="http://www.the9513.com/album-review-jamey-johnson-the-guitar-song/"><img src="http://www.the9513.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/jamey-johnson-guitar-song.jpg" /></a><br />Jamey Johnson recorded his breakthrough album, That Lonesome Song, on his own dime—and since he was paying the bills, he got to do things his way. That meant that when he decided the tracks should be broken up by keening steel-guitar interludes, or that the character in “High Cost of... text/html 2010-09-10T00:30:12+00:00 http://www.countryuniverse.net/ http://www.countryuniverse.net/2010/09/09/single-review-mary-chapin-carpenter-the-way-i-feel/ <a href="http://www.countryuniverse.net/2010/09/09/single-review-mary-chapin-carpenter-the-way-i-feel/"><img src="http://www.countryuniverse.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Mary-Chapin-Carpenter.jpg" /></a><br />A song about finding liberation on the open road shouldn&#8217;t put you in danger of falling asleep at the wheel. I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going on with Mary Chapin Carptenter.  She made my favorite album of all-time, Stones in the Road, and it wasn&#8217;t particularly upbeat.  But the songs were amazingly... text/html 2010-09-09T20:10:41+00:00 http://www.the9513.com/ http://www.the9513.com/nprfolk-alley-to-stream-ama-awards-live-why-albums-are-released-on-tuesday-10-worthy-indie-albums/ Folk Alley and NPR Music will webcast the AMA Honors &#038; Award Show live tonight at 7:30 PM EST. Barry Mazor interviewed Jamey Johnson for The Wall Street Journal and calls his double-album The Guitar Song a new country masterpiece: &#8220;The traditional country music—or as it&#8217;s commonly called in my house, &#8216;music&#8217;—that&#8217;s... text/html 2010-09-09T15:26:07+00:00 http://www.the9513.com/ http://www.the9513.com/americanafest-recap-music-that-works/ <a href="http://www.the9513.com/americanafest-recap-music-that-works/"><img src="http://www.the9513.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/americanafest101.jpg" /></a><br />For one four-day period in September, Nashville sheds its commercial country image and Americana Fest banners dot the lamp posts along Music Row. During that time, the words, sounds and melodies take the place of image, dollar signs and auto tune&#8211;and Nashville becomes the envy&#8211;not the perceived antithesis&#8211;of the roots... text/html 2010-09-09T12:06:28+00:00 http://www.the9513.com/ http://www.the9513.com/the-song-not-the-singer/ <a href="http://www.the9513.com/the-song-not-the-singer/"><img src="http://www.the9513.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/header_song-not-the-singer1.jpg" /></a><br />When Michael Jackson died in June 2009, each person who knew enough about his music and his life to have an opinion on either (that is to say, pretty much everyone all over the world) was forced to decide: Did his personal behavior detract from the value of the music... text/html 2010-09-09T04:07:56+00:00 http://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/ http://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/classic-rewind-randy-travis-storms-of-life/ <a href="http://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/classic-rewind-randy-travis-storms-of-life/"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wf04QngKIB8/default.jpg" /></a><br />Filed under: Classic Rewind text/html 2010-09-08T18:26:29+00:00 http://www.the9513.com/ http://www.the9513.com/lady-antebellum-our-kind-of-love/ <a href="http://www.the9513.com/lady-antebellum-our-kind-of-love/"><img src="http://www.the9513.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/lady-antebellum_our-kind-of-love.jpg" /></a><br />Need You Now, the sophomore album by Capitol Nashville recording artists Lady Antebellum, has already spawned two radio hits: acoustic-leaning “American Honey”&#8211;their most country-vibed release to date&#8211;and the title-cut smash with its emotionally-charged melodic chorus. Now at #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, the group&#8217;s third release off... text/html 2010-09-08T17:06:35+00:00 http://www.the9513.com/ http://www.the9513.com/merle-haggard-named-kennedy-center-honoree-alan-jackson-celebrates-career-with-release-of-34-number-ones/ Stop the presses: Merle Haggard is one of the five 2010 Kennedy Center honorees for his &#8220;lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts.&#8221; The annual Honors Gala is scheduled to take place Dec. 5 and later broadcast on CBS on Dec. 28. Joey+Rory&#8217;s Album Number Two can be streamed... text/html 2010-09-08T16:05:18+00:00 http://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/ http://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/album-review-dierks-bentley-dierks-bentley/ <a href="http://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/album-review-dierks-bentley-dierks-bentley/"><img src="http://mykindofcountry.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/dierks.jpg?w=200&#038;h=200" /></a><br />Dierks Bentley was the singer&#8217;s major label debut, which appeared in 2003, two years following the independently-released Don&#8217;t Leave Me In Love. The major label phase of Bentley&#8217;s career received a jump-start with his first single, the infectious &#8220;What Was I Thinkin&#8217;&#8221;, which quickly shot to #1 and became Bentley&#8217;s... text/html 2010-09-08T13:05:16+00:00 http://www.the9513.com/ http://www.the9513.com/album-review-dale-watson-carryin-on/ <a href="http://www.the9513.com/album-review-dale-watson-carryin-on/"><img src="http://www.the9513.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/dale-watson_carryin-on.jpg" /></a><br />When deciding where to record new album Carryin&#8217; On, Texan Dale Watson headed straight for Music City. Considering that, in one of his best known songs, Watson states &#8220;Should&#8217;ve known it when they closed the Opry down/Things were bound to change in that town/You can&#8217;t grow if you rip the... text/html 2010-09-08T04:05:39+00:00 http://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/ http://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/classic-rewind-joe-nichols-tequila-makes-her-clothes-fall-off/ <a href="http://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/classic-rewind-joe-nichols-tequila-makes-her-clothes-fall-off/"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LyaM8r_mXdE/default.jpg" /></a><br />Filed under: Classic Rewind, Spotlight Artist text/html 2010-09-08T00:25:38+00:00 http://www.nashvillegab.com/ http://www.nashvillegab.com/2010/09/your-first-look-at-mirandas-teachers-count-campaign.html <a href="http://www.nashvillegab.com/2010/09/your-first-look-at-mirandas-teachers-count-campaign.html"><img src="http://celebucrap.typepad.com/.a/6a00e552403d2f8833013487131291970c-500wi" /></a><br />Back in June I had told you about Miranda Lambert honoring two important ladies in her life, teachers Janice Caldwell and April Coker, by posing with them in the Teachers Count campaign.  Now we have our first fuzzy look at Miranda and her favorite teachers.  I will definitely bring you a larger... text/html 2010-09-07T21:00:46+00:00 http://www.nashvillegab.com/ http://www.nashvillegab.com/2010/09/jewel-tries-out-the-sheer-look.html <a href="http://www.nashvillegab.com/2010/09/jewel-tries-out-the-sheer-look.html"><img src="http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/9636849/singer-jewel-sparkles-she/singer-jewel-sparkles-she.jpg?size=380&amp;imageId=9636849" /></a><br /> Jewel visited Larry King on August 30th and all I can say is thank goodness for undergarments.    Visit TicketNetwork for your choice of concert tickets, including Carrie Underwood tickets and Tim McGraw tickets! text/html 2010-09-07T20:37:35+00:00 http://www.nashvillegab.com/ http://www.nashvillegab.com/2010/09/country-boys-get-hunted-by-the-mantracker.html <a href="http://www.nashvillegab.com/2010/09/country-boys-get-hunted-by-the-mantracker.html"><img src="http://celebucrap.typepad.com/.a/6a00e552403d2f88330133f3f19a17970b-500wi" /></a><br />Man, I love me some Mantracker.  No, that's not the latest dating show on E!, it's actually a television show where one guy, the Mantracker (a gray haired guy who is handsome in a sort of Sean Connery, make you have grandpa issues sort of way),  has to track down... text/html 2010-09-07T16:45:17+00:00 http://www.the9513.com/ http://www.the9513.com/brooks-ashley-monroe-signs-new-deal-carrie-underwood-snubbery/ Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn capped their nearly 20-year career together last Thursday with &#8220;Brand New Man,&#8221; the same song that helped launch them way back in 1991. Watch a lo-fi video on YouTube (via That Nashville Sound). GAC&#8217;s Tom Roland says the show didn&#8217;t feel as final as it could... text/html 2010-09-07T13:05:21+00:00 http://www.the9513.com/ http://www.the9513.com/sara-evans-a-little-bit-stronger/ <a href="http://www.the9513.com/sara-evans-a-little-bit-stronger/"><img src="http://www.the9513.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/sara-evans_a-little-bit-stronger.jpg" /></a><br />Songwriters: Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey and Hillary Scott Sara Evans&#8217; last studio album, 2005&#8217;s Real Fine Place, seemed to be the final push to plant her firmly among the superstar females in the genre. After its release, she was named ACM Top Female Vocalist for the first time and landed a... text/html 2010-09-07T01:25:39+00:00 http://www.countrycalifornia.com/ http://www.countrycalifornia.com/happy-labor-day-usa-readers-only/ <a href="http://www.countrycalifornia.com/happy-labor-day-usa-readers-only/"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/B2qyfeer990/default.jpg" /></a><br />Labor Day is all about celebrating the American worker, so here&#8217;s a touching patriotic song from Nashville wonder duo Doyle and Debbie. If this doesn&#8217;t fill your heart with pride for our great nation, I don&#8217;t know what will. text/html 2010-09-07T00:10:08+00:00 http://www.countryuniverse.net/ http://www.countryuniverse.net/2010/09/06/back-to-school/ <a href="http://www.countryuniverse.net/2010/09/06/back-to-school/"><img src="http://www.countryuniverse.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/back-to-school-150x150.gif" /></a><br />Another summer has come and gone.  For those of you headed back into the classroom, here&#8217;s some helpful advice from some country music stars: 1. Avoid social stereotypes. The girl in the bleachers might be your dream girl&#8230; &#8230;and overlooking that guy with the guitar can come back and haunt you. 2.  Always finish... text/html 2010-09-06T22:00:22+00:00 http://www.countrycalifornia.com/ http://www.countrycalifornia.com/quotable-country-090510-edition/ <a href="http://www.countrycalifornia.com/quotable-country-090510-edition/"><img src="http://www.countrycalifornia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/quotable-country.jpg" /></a><br />Click the bullet after each quote to visit the original source. My music suffered, and my health suffered from doing too much and not getting enough sleep. I just wasn’t on my game. ● - &#8211; Toby Keith on his film career. In no way, could I be more miserable right now. Guess... text/html 2010-09-05T16:05:46+00:00 http://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/ http://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/2010/09/05/week-ending-9410-1-singles-this-week-in-country-music-history/ <a href="http://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/2010/09/05/week-ending-9410-1-singles-this-week-in-country-music-history/"><img src="http://mykindofcountry.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/ronnie-milsap-200pg042210.jpg?w=177&#038;h=200" /></a><br />1950: Goodnight Irene &#8212; Red Foley &#38; Ernest Tubb (Decca) 1960: Alabam &#8211; Cowboy Copas (Starday) 1970: Don&#8217;t Keep Me Hangin&#8217; On &#8212; Sonny James (Capitol) 1980: Cowboys and Clowns &#8212; Ronnie Milsap (RCA) 1990: Next To You, Next To Me &#8212; Shenandoah (Columbia) 2000: What About Now &#8212; Lonestar... text/html 2010-09-04T13:05:01+00:00 http://www.the9513.com/ http://www.the9513.com/your-take-seasons-come-seasons-go/ This week, in light of the upcoming Labor Day holiday, The Boot looked at country stars&#8217; past jobs, as well as more current labors of love: Alan Jackson&#8217;s songs are all about the working man. &#8220;I&#8217;ve always written songs and recorded songs, other people&#8217;s songs, about working people, and the working... text/html 2010-09-04T03:25:11+00:00 http://www.countryuniverse.net/ http://www.countryuniverse.net/2010/09/03/single-review-sara-evans-a-little-bit-stronger/ <a href="http://www.countryuniverse.net/2010/09/03/single-review-sara-evans-a-little-bit-stronger/"><img src="http://www.countryuniverse.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Sara-Evans-a-little-bit-stronger-150x150.jpg" /></a><br />This isn&#8217;t very good. Perhaps it could have been, with a stronger melody and a more refined concept.  The song itself is pretty good, but Evans turns in a listless performance, delegating all of the &#8220;oomph&#8221; to the background vocalists and studio musicians.  And they&#8217;re pretty listless in their own right. Evans... text/html 2010-09-04T00:05:46+00:00 http://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/ http://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/classic-rewind-the-kendalls-the-pittsburgh-stealers/ <a href="http://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/classic-rewind-the-kendalls-the-pittsburgh-stealers/"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_gPdavthvzU/default.jpg" /></a><br />Filed under: Classic Rewind