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• Paisley Claims Country's Top Prize

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Country Music Association Awards were Miranda Lambert's and Blake Shelton's party, but Brad Paisley crashed the festivities. Lambert won three awards, including album of the year, on her 27th birthday and her fiance Shelton grabbed two. But an emotional Paisley, a young gun who's grown up in front of everyone's eyes, walked away with the coveted entertainer of the year award after five years of waiting.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• November 11, 2010

• Brad Paisley Defines 'Country Music'

online www.bradpaisley.com FRANKLIN, Tenn. - Brad Paisley began the journey to country music stardom by spending hours in a room with a guitar endlessly trying to figure out how to make the sounds on his favorite songs.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• June 13, 2011

• Brad Paisley Album Defines 'Country Music'

FRANKLIN, Tenn. - Brad Paisley began the journey to country music stardom by spending hours in a room with a guitar endlessly trying to figure out how to make the sounds on his favorite songs. Thirty years later, he was still doing just that when Alabama's Randy Owen showed up at the studio last year with his battered old Music Man guitar. Paisley was using his telecaster to try and mimic that eerie, funky guitar sound Owen made on classics like "Mountain Music" that's almost as distinct as the band's rowdy harmonies.

• Charleston Gazette
• July 21, 2011

• Paisley Picks His Way Through Familiar 'Country Music'

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• The Washington Times
• May 24, 2011

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This is country music, indeed. Unlike a lot of superstars, Brad Paisley does more than just pay lip service to the tradition. This Is Country Music" follows the familiar Paisley pattern, going for a split between dark realities and sunny pleasures. Much of it stands with his best: "A Man Don't Have to Die" and "I Do Now" are sobering ballads that never get maudlin; "Eastwood" is a brisk western instrumental that showcases his guitar prowess; "Life's Railway to Heaven" takes a bluegrass spin on the gospel standard with Marty Stuart and Sheryl Crow; and "Don't Drink the Water" is a rousing honky-tonk lark with Blake Shelton.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• June 03, 2011

• Hard Work Way of Life for Paisley -- Country Star Carries On After Floods Devastated Nashville

This week, country music superstar Brad Paisley, renowned for being one of the hardest-working performers in Nashville, was busier than usual. The singer/songwriter/guitarist interrupted his "H2O World Tour 2010," which stops Thursday at Memphis' FedExForum , to head back to the Music City to co-host the Country Music Association's CMA Awards on Wednesday. The occasion marked the third straight year that Paisley and country thrush Carrie Underwood ha ve co-hosted the event.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• November 12, 2010

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• Federal Circuits

• Country Megastar Brad Paisley Coming to Scarborough

SCARBOROUGH -- Reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year and three- time Grammy winner Brad Paisley will bring his 2011 tour, "H2O II World Tour," to Scarborough Downs on Sunday, July 17. Special guests on the tour will be CMA Male Vocalist of the Year Blake Shelton, who will co-host the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards this April with Reba McEntire; and Jerrod Niemann, whose multiple award nominations in 2010 included his first CMA Award nomination as New Artist of the Year.

• Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
• March 11, 2011

• Paisley's New Album Picks Apart Genre: ; W.Va. Lived It

FRANKLIN, Tenn. - Brad Paisley began the journey to country music stardom by spending hours in a room with a guitar endlessly trying to figure out how to make the sounds on his favorite songs. Thirty years later he was still doing just that when Alabama's Randy Owen showed up at the studio last year with his battered old Music Man guitar. Paisley was using his telecaster to try and mimic that eerie, funky guitar sound Owen made on classics like "Mountain Music" that's almost as distinct as the band's rowdy harmonies.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• June 02, 2011

• Paisley Enjoys Unexpected Twists of His Songs, Career

For the last 12 years, it's been difficult to turn on a country radio station without hearing Brad Paisley's trademark guitar and drawl. From his first single, "Who Needs Pictures," to his first No. 1, "He Didn't Have to Be," to his most recent hit, "This Is Country Music," his songs have dominated the charts and defined the genre. Saturday you can see Paisley perform those and more of his catalog at Roberts Stadium for his "H20 Frozen Over" tour. Promoting his recent greatest hits/live CD, "Hits Alive," and his upcoming CD of new material, "This Is Country Music," Paisley demonstrates he is both grateful for his past and excited about the future.

• Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
• February 18, 2011