The Gobblers Knob

I love it when a song pops up on the Ipod, grabs me and forces me to hit repeat time and time again. “Ellis County” from Buddy & Julie Miller’s absolutely stellar disc, Written in Chalk has done just that. The fiddle that weaves in and out of the chorus effortlessly oozes a longing and rawness that [...]

Yesterday at Bill’s Records in Dallas I caught an in-store performance by John David Kent & the Dumb Angels.  I’ve been hearing Brett Dillon spin the song “My Girl”, from their self-titled album, recently and was curious to see if they were worth the hype and airplay they have been getting. Sure enough, they were. Seeing [...]

For this episode of The 9513.Com Country Music Podcast, we feature a couple of acts who have been helped along the way by winning talent competitions. Darryl Lee Rush was the inaugural victor of the Shiner Rising Star Contest and Caitlin & Will were victorious on last summer’s Can You Duet from CMT. What I [...]

After my recent outing to the NX35 Conference in Denton Texas, I was able to more fully understand why so many people feel that Denton has become quite the scene. So many quality bands that call Denton home playing in the clubs that truly are their homes made for a great weekend of discovery for [...]

I was catching up on some stuff from SXSW that I missed (since I didnt go and all), and I came across yet another mention of The Black Cab Sessions.  I have seen mention of this site before and have always forgotten to click on over to it, so I proceeded to do so this [...]