Brad Paisley performs “This is Country Music” at “The 44th Annual CMA Awards,” live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, on the ABC Television Network. Photographer: John Russell / CMA

Now through Monday, December 20 you can pick up a free download of Brad Paisley’s new song “This Is Country Music” at www.thisiscountrymusic.com.  Brad introduced the song this past November on the 44th Annual CMA Awards Show.

“When I start an album, I start thinking about ‘what haven’t I said that I really wanna say?’” Brad noted backstage at the CMAs. “And you get to know these people. You get to be buddies with guys like Keith Urban, and we jam on the guitar periodically. And become great friends with Carrie [Underwood], and we do things like [host the CMAs]. And we have a great chemistry. And then there’s Jimmy Dickens and Bill Anderson and that generation that I have been lucky enough to get to know. And so it’s all about finding inspiration. This was my love song to my fans who live these songs every day and my industry, which produces this music that really does become the soundtrack to people’s lives.”

While you’re at www.thisiscountrymusic.com picking up your free song, you can also get your pre-order in for Brad’s new album, also titled This Is Country Music, which is slated to hit stores on April 19.

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Miranda Lambert photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville. Lady Antebellum photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.

In a day of firsts, the Country Music Association began a two-day unveiling of the nominations for its 44th annual awards Tuesday, leaving Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum and Zac Brown Band in an unprecedented overnight drama as they wait to see if they can maintain the lead positions in the list of finalists.

Miranda’s “The House That Built Me” and “White Liar” each ended up as finalists in both Single and Music Video of the Year, accounting for four of her five first-day nominations. Additionally, both titles are up for Song of the Year, though Miranda received only one nomination in that category; she was a co-writer on “White Liar” but did not compose “The House That Built Me,” which brought Song of the Year nods to songwriters Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin.

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Before Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, before Vince Gill, before Reba McEntire — there was a long line of equally-talented CMA Awards Show hosts. In 1983, Anne Murray co-hosted with Willie Nelson. Watch our exclusive interview with Anne, as she recalls the question she asked Willie just before going onstage.

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