ContactMusic — Singer Brad Paisley has recorded a song written by a dying friend Hard Life was written by his pal Joe Kindregan a 23 year old battling ataxia-telangiectasia a rare disease that combines symptoms of cystic fibrosis muscular dystrophy and cancer... more info

USA Today Music — A year with three chart-topping hits and a memoir makes him one of CMT's artists of the year. more info

People.com — Former Top Chef winner Stephanie Izard made a custom dinner inspired by Nashville more info

ContactMusic — Country star Brad Paisley is helping pal Keith Urban recover after vocal surgery - by planning an instrumental Christmas break The Celebrity singer is making plans to hang out with with the Aussie who has been put on strict voice rest until the end o... more info

Topix — Brad Paisley, left, and Joe Walsh perform together at the CMT Artists of the Year television taping on Tuesday, Nov. more info

USA Today Music — Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum and Taylor Swift were honored at Tuesday's CMT Artists of the Year. more info

Perez Hilton — Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood have now hosted the Country Music Awards for four years and no one was spared this year during their opening bit. The co-hosts began the night by poking fun at Hank Williams Jr, who was let go by ESPN for comparing O... more info

Starpulse — Even the Country Music Awards could not keep themselves from making fun of Kim Kardashian and her short wedding. Hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood invited Modern Family star Eric Stonestreet ... more info

ContactMusic — The annual CMA Awards were held last night November 9th 2011 with the country genres poster girl Taylor Swift taking the plaudits by winning Entertainer Of The Year beating an all-male opposition including Jason Aldean Brad Paisley Blake Shelton and.... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Last night was the first Country Music Awards I've watched in years—and it made me wish that I had tuned in for the past three years where Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley hosted! This was their fourth year, and they did a pretty bang-up job.... more info