ContactMusic — BRAD PAISLEY is urging families to encourage music education and give children instruments for Christmas this year (10).The country music singer will never forget the most important gift he ever received - a guitar from his grandfather. He remembers,... more info

ContactMusic — Country stars including KEITH URBAN, TAYLOR SWIFT and BRAD PAISLEY have posed for specially-commissioned photographic portraits to raise money for families affected by... more info

The 9513 Country Music — Chet Flippo on respect in country music: When some kind of a strange variety show on a network TV channel opens with a song titled “Kiss My Country Ass,” any possible respect for the country music tradition [...] is absolutely thrown under the bu... more info

The 9513 Country Music — “This Is Country Music,” a song that Brad Paisley debuted on the CMA Awards show last month, has soared up the charts and earned raves from fans who relate to the familiar topics: trucks and tractors, Mama and little towns. All things that are go... more info

USA Today Music — Among other artists with intriguing tracks are Brad Paisley, Amos Lee and Dave Barnes. more info

CNN Showbiz — When Brad Paisley was a little boy, the best Christmas gifts he ever received included a tent that he pitched in his living room that "stayed up until New Year's," a Battlestar Galactica model kit and most special of all, a guitar his grandfather gav... more info

People.com — The stars join more of country music's biggest names to share holiday tunes and traditions more info

People.com — With help from his friends like Brad Paisley and Sheryl Crow, the Olympic champ is recovering more info

The 9513 Country Music — Alabama reunited to record a track for a new Waylon Jennings tribute album, The Music Inside: A Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Jennings, that’s due out next Feb. The song, “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way,” will be released as a single to... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Country crooners Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker are not normally who we think of when we think "scathing social critique," but we have to hand it to Jimmy Kimmel: the guy knows how to get people interested in his made-up holiday, National Unfriend Da... more info