Yesterday, Brad Paisley said he always watches the previous year’s CMA show before begining work on the next one. So Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked the same question of Brad’s co-host Carrie Underwood: “I watch right afterwards, just to see how everything….I want to see my dresses.” Brad added, “Me too. That’s why I […]
The 45th annual CMA Awards take place this Wednesday night in Nashville. For the 4th straight year, they will be co-hosted by Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood. They were in our studio last month, and we talked about how they prepare for the big show. Brad said, “Part of getting ready for this is looking […]
Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood move from co-hosting Country Countdown USA to co-hosting the 45th annual CMA Awards. It will be their fourth tour of duty on the awards show, and they told Lon Helton they’re just starting to think about it. “We have a few ideas, we’ve texted a few times. We have a […]
This week’s co-host Brad Paisley just returned from a two week tour of Europe. He told Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton he had a great time: “I’m floored, I was absolutely floored. The beauty of it is it’s such a different culture, they knew the word to songs off the first album that had […]
Carrie Underwood has sung with a wide variety of people, from Brad Paisley and Randy Travis, to Stevn Tyler and even Elvis Presley. But now she’s featured on the new Duets II album by Tony Bennett. She told Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton she was thrilled to sing with a legend: “Getting to sing […]
It’s been two years since Carrie’s third album, “Play On,” was released. Her most recent single, “Mama’s Song,” peaked back in January. So it’s been a while since we’ve had new music from Carrie on the radio. Speaking with Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton, Carrie said she wanted to take a break from public like […]
This week’s co-hosts, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, came together in our studio to tell the story behind their superstar #1 duet “Remind Me.” The song has already sold almost a million downloads. But it actually was the very last song recorded for Brad’s current CD. When he joined Lon Helton for Country Countdown USA […]
One of the highlights of the 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards was Carrie Underwood’s performance with rocker (and American Idol judge) Steven Tyler. It definitely caught everyone by surprise, and it was also an incredible moment. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked Carrie about that performance: “We kind of have the same connections between […]
Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood just topped the chart with their soaring duet, “Remind Me.” Brad has been on tour all summer, but that duet was conspicuously absent from his set list. Until last weekend. On Friday, September 9, the song was added to Brad’s show with a very stunning visual effect: A digital Carrie. The […]
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are friends and labelmates. The two recorded a duet for Brad’s 5th album several years ago. But their partnership clicked while co-hosting the CMA Awards. A couple months ago, Brad was just about ready to turn in his latest album, when he had an idea for a new Carrie duet. […]
