News featuring Brad Paisley

Thursday 16th May

• “Brad Paisley Fulfils Dying Fan's Last Wish On New Album”

  Country star Brad Paisley has fulfilled a dying fan's last wish by playing the late cancer patient's custom-made guitar on his new track Officially...

  Read the complete article at www.contactmusic.com

• “With new album, Paisley broadens his ‘Wheelhouse’”

  Brad Paisley decided to shake things up on his new album, “Wheelhouse,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard country album chart last month. After a strong, award-winning career, Paisley was ready to dive deeper. Producing himself for the first time, working almost exclusively with his own band, and writing about topics that mean something to him — from domestic violence to his Christian faith to great summer nights — the country star hoped to make a statement. As such, he says, “I was kind of crossing my fingers that people would notice a few of these album cuts and say, ‘OK, what do you mean by this?’ ” He certainly got his wish.

  Read the complete article at feeds.boston.com

Saturday 4th May

• “Brad Paisley Pens Essay Tribute To George Jones”

  Brad Paisley has penned a lengthy tribute to late country star George Jones for Billboard magazine.The singer/songwriter performed at his old pal's...

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Thursday 2nd May

• “Kid Rock And Brad Paisley To Perform At George Jones' Funeral”

  Kid Rock, Brad Paisley and Alan Jackson are among the stars who will perform at George Jones' funeral in Nashville, Tennessee on Thursday...

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Monday 22nd April

• “listen to "Get Away" from De La Soul's upcoming LP”

  Rap legends De La Soul are returning with a new album, You're Welcome, this fall, and they've released a track from it, "Get Away (feat. The Spirit of the Wu)." Regarding the interesting "guest spot," De La's Posdnuos told Rolling Stone:

  I've always loved the 'Intro' on Disc Two of Wu-Tang Forever - this erie sample with no beat, that they only talked over. I stumbled on the original sample while crate digging one day, took it straight to the lab and added drums. The feel is definitely gritty, hard and sounds like a Wu record, so out of inspirational respect, we included featuring 'The Spirit of the Wu' in the song title. You can listen to that song below.

  Read the complete article at www.brooklynvegan.com

Saturday 13th April

• “What's going on Saturday?”

  Doldrums @ BVSXSW 2013 (more by Kevin Figeuroa)

  King Khan @ North Coast Music Festival 2012 (James Richards IV)

  Read the complete article at www.brooklynvegan.com

Friday 12th April

• “ArtsBeat: Popcast: ‘Accidental Racist’ and the Possible Value of a Flawed Song”

  The New York Times Op-Ed columnist Charles M. Blow talks to Ben Ratliff about Brad Paisley’s controversial new song, “Accidental Racist.”     

  Read the complete article at artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com

• “LL Cool J Talks “Accidental Racist’ On ‘The Tonight Show’: Watch”

  “Ultimately I can’t defend the song, but I can clarify my intentions,” LL Cool J said on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, of Brad Paisley‘s controversial “Accidental Racist” and his contributing verse. The hip-hop pioneer went on to say that his lyrics (“If you don’t judge my gold chains / I’ll forget the iron ... More »

  Read the complete article at idolator.com

Thursday 11th April

• “Brad Paisley Talks ‘Accidental Racist’ on Jay Leno: "Something Good can Come of This"”

  It’s been a week of explaining for Brad Paisly, whose ‘Accidental Racist’ song has, accidently (sweet irony noted) caused loads of controversy....

  Read the complete article at www.contactmusic.com

• “Brad Paisley Ready For Christian Backlash Over New Song”

  Country singer Brad Paisley is expecting new backlash from religious conservatives when they realise his new album features a track titled Those...

  Read the complete article at www.contactmusic.com