Brad Paisley notches one more number one
Monday, September 8, 2008 – Brad Paisley hit a new milestone today as he topped Billboard's country airplay chart with Waitin' on a Woman. He now has eight consecutive, non-seasonal chart-toppers - more than any other country artist in the 18-year history of Nielsen BDS-monitored airplay. The charts will be officially released Thursday.
The song is not from his most recent CD, "5th Gear," but his previous CD, "Time Well Wasted. The other number ones from "5th Gear" were Ticks, Online, Letter to Me and I'm Still a Guy.
Paisley also released a new single, Start a Band, a duet with Keith Urban, to radio today. The song is the first single from Paisley's upcoming album, "Play," out Nov. 4.
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American Saturday Night
Brad Paisley has grown up on his eighth album. Yes, the West Virginian maintains a sense of humor, but apparently aging has left its mark on a maturing singer who has never forsaken his country roots. That is ever so apparent in songs like Anything Like Me and Oh Yeah, You're Gone. The former finds Paisley looking at the passage of time through his son's life in a tender, but not sappy look. On the latter, he's a five-year-old boy who doesn't get what he wants, which his grandfather notices. »»» |
Play
It's daring these days for a major-label country star to include an instrumental on an album of carefully picked radio-friendly songs. But kick off an album with an instrumental? How anti-Nashville. Then follow it with another - a Dick Dale surf guitar-inspired wave-rider to boot - how cool is that?
Brad Paisley gets the nomination for gutsiest singer-songwriter-picker in Nashville these days, especially with his latest He names the new record "Play," and boy howdy, does he. »»» |
5th Gear
The word "reliable" is usually only a positive description in the context of, say, evaluating a household appliance. But it's a complimentary term for Brad Paisley's recorded output. This man simply makes excellent recordings, year after year. "Predictable" also has negative connotations with regard to musical criticism, but Paisley's CD formula is consistently predictable in the best possible ways. Each release is accented with humor ("Mr. »»» |
Editorial: A fine night for Taylor Swift –
Taylor Swift's showing at the Country Music Association awards Wednesday night was no surprise. In some respects, it was invigorating to see someone who was not male and not around umpteen years like some of her male counterparts take home the biggest prize of the night, entertainer of the year. »»»
Concert Review: Radney Foster sparks a revival –
Radney Foster told fans that he came home from the University of the South one weekend early in his college career and told his parents in the wee hours of the morning that he wanted to quit college and head to Nashville to pursue a music career. His parents agreed...fortunately.
Three decades later, that resulted in Foster playing songs on this... »»»
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The opening of Neko Case's show was unusual to say the least. "I'm angry right now," said the red head. "We just had a big fight with the promoter. We're going to sing weird, but we're actually very happy to be here."
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