Brad Paisley

Born in Glen Dale, West Virginia, Brad Paisley rose to prominence from the late 1990s in Nashville's country scene with a highly recognizable guitar style, a strong storytelling sense, and writing that blends humor, everyday-life chronicles, and more melancholy ballads. After starting as a songwriter for other artists, he signs with Arista Nashville and releases Who Needs Pictures in 1999, the first milestone in a discography built between contemporary country, honky-tonk, bluegrass and the Nashville sound. Brad Paisley then follows with Part II in 2001, Mud on the Tires in 2003, Time Well Wasted in 2005, 5th Gear in 2007, American Saturday Night in 2009, This Is Country Music in 2011, Wheelhouse in 2013, Moonshine in the Trunk in 2014 and Love and War in 2017. His career is as much rooted in the Grand Ole Opry tradition, which he joined in 2001, as in a country more open to cross-scene collaborations, as evidenced by his work with Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood or LL Cool J. On stage, Brad Paisley develops a concert format anchored in large American tours, while his more recent projects, including the singles “Same Here” and “So Many Summers” in 2023, extend a body of work focused on American identity, the landscapes of the South and the Appalachians, and a country sound that is at once traditional in its foundations and flexible in its arrangements.