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Recognition
CMT
Artist to Watch — 2022
Out Magazine
Queer Country Artist You Need to Know — 2022
Nashville Scene
Artist to Watch — 2022
NPR Music
“Burn This Statehouse Down” named among Ann Powers’ favorite songs of 2023
SiriusXM · CMT
Radio airplay across major country and Americana platforms
Festival Stages
SXSW · AmericanaFest · Sled Island · Mile of Music · Seattle Pride · Motor City Pride · Nashville Pride
What They’re Saying
No Depression
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“Limp Wrist is epic in scope — not a concept album, exactly, but it tells its story carefully and intentionally. Its power is Paisley’s renewed commitment to peeling away his own defenses to create emotionally charged, authentic country music.”
Rolling Stone
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“Paisley Fields brings a roguish cabaret-style sensibility to ‘The Other Boys’ — describing the often-solitary experience of many gay men with a knowing mixture of humor and sadness.”
Dazed
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“It’s emblematic of Fields’ unapologetically queer country music, which uses razor-sharp wit to navigate the loneliness and tenderness of the LGBTQ+ experience.”
NPR
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“Raised in Iowa, but lately splitting his time between Brooklyn and Nashville, he makes mischievous use of down-home symbolism, upending the conventions of stoic, range-riding masculinity with winking, queer flirtation.”
Austin Chronicle
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“Fields is far from mere gimmickry — an exciting, vital voice in expanding what country music can encompass. Fields may be at the forefront of making queer country the new punk rock.”
The Boot
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“Paisley’s voice achieves a fragility reminiscent of choir boys and a strength that comes from righteous fury. One of their most vulnerable songs yet.”
NBC News
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“Meet four queer artists helping to shake up country music.” — Featured alongside the vanguard of a new generation reshaping American roots music.
Indie Pulse
“Paisley Fields is an act that deserves to go big, with enough charisma for pop crossovers and enough authenticity for the country scene.” — 4/5 stars
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