We in bluegrass all know Ryan Paisley as the talented and unassuming mandolinist with Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass. He's also the son of the boss man, and the third generation heir apparent to the Paisley family music legacy. But around home in Clayton, Delaware, they call him Mr. Councilman. That's right... 22 year [...]
Pinecastle Records has released a lead off single from their next album for Dale Ann Bradley, a soulful country number sung as a duet with label mate Danny Paisley. They've chosen an absolute classic, One By One, originally done by Kitty Wells and Red Foley in 1954. The song was written by Jim Anglin, Jack [...]
Pinecastle Records has a brand new music video today for Danny Paisley, taken from his current album with the label, Bluegrass Troubadour. It's for I Never Was Too Much, a self-deprecating number written by Eric Gibson that perfectly captures Danny's down home vibe and super traditional bluegrass sound. The video finds him in a "Why me?" [...]
Pinecastle Records has released a new music video for traditional bluegrass hero, Danny Paisley, a lovely three quarter time ballad from his current album, Bluegrass Troubadour. Coming on the heels of Paisley being named co-recipient of the IBMA's Male Vocalist of The year award with Del McCoury last month, this track showcases exactly why he was [...]
Pinecastle Records has a new music video today from trad grasser supreme, Danny Paisley, for one of the songs on his current Bluegrass Troubadour album. He Can't Own Them is a mighty lonesome number, written by Eric Gibson, about folks who work around luxury goods, things they couldn't afford to own themselves. The song plays [...]
Danny Paisley doesn't wear fancy stage clothes and doesn't add lots of gimmicks and adornments to his guitar playing. With a voice like his, he doesn't need any of those things to establish his bluegrass credentials. He just steps up to the microphone, and the proof pours forth, just like it did when his father [...]
Pinecastle Records has offered a first peak today at Bluegrass Troubadour, the upcoming album from Danny Paisley, our reigning IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year. This debut single is Blink of an Eye, written by Robert Amos, a driving mid-tempo number packed full with the soulful stylings that have made Paisley a favorite in bluegrass [...]
Pinecastle Records has announced the signing of traditional bluegrass hero, Danny Paisley, to the label. Danny and his road band, The Southern Grass, maintain a family history in bluegrass that goes back to Paisley's father, Bob. After touring for a time with Ted Lundy and the Southern Mountain Boys in the late 1960s and early [...]
Ryan Paisley with Rhonda Vincent at the 2019 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival - photo by Frank Baker The first time I saw Ryan Paisley on stage, I thought it was a gimmick. A cute gimmick, but a gimmick nonetheless. It was 2011, at IBMA in Nashville. Ryan stood on stage while his dad’s band, Danny Paisley [...]
With the release of his third album for Patuxent Music, That's Why I'm Lonesome, Danny Paisley builds on his solidly established reputation as a specialist in powerful, unadorned and intense traditional bluegrass music. This release features a mixture of old and new songs and tunes as did his earlier CDs. In the first category [...]