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54th CMA Awards

54th CMA Awards

Stuck for gift ideas? Here’s a stocking full of music for everyone on your list.

Carrie Underwood My Gift

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Carrie’s seventh studio album and her first Christmas Album, My Gift debuted at the top of the Billboard Country Albums chart in October with a mix of eight holiday favorites and three originals including “Hallelujah” featuring John Legend. The title is kind of a hint!

Brothers Osborne Skeletons

With the third studio album from brothers T.J. and John Osborne, one or both of the duo have writing credits on all twelve tracks that shows them putting a definite ‘rock’ edge on their country.

Dolly Parton A Holly Dolly Christmas

An immediate Billboard album charttopper, this is Dolly’s third Christmas LP and the latest of an amazing total of fortyseven albums (so far!) Not surprisingly, it has already topped Billboard’s Top Country Albums and Top Holiday Albums charts.

Chris Stapleton Starting Over

Chris dropped the album’s title song in August as a teaser prior to the full November 13 release with eleven brand new songs and three covers. A real gift for Stapleton’s legion of fans.

Elvis Presley From Elvis in Nashville

Releasing in November 2020, the 4-CD set is considered the ‘definitive’ chronicle of Elvis’ marathon five-day/night sessions with the ‘Nashville Cats.’ Elvis was finally able to pick his own repertoire for these recordings.

HARDY A Rock

One of Nashville’s most reliable hit songwriters, Michael Hardy proves he’s got the chops as a singer too, recording as the HARDY with this album of rockin’ songs.

Heidi Newfield The Barfly Sessions

Heidi’s sophomore solo outing (post Trick Pony) puts her in control (with coproducer Jim ‘Moose’ Brown) with her voice equally at home on songs leaning into blues, country and rock including some duets with Delbert McClinton, Randy Houser and Jim Lauderdale.

Garth Brooks Fun Limited Addition

Why have fun when you can have more fun – with a Fun Limited Edition that offers a cool holographic foil cover and the Garth/Blake duet “Dive Bar” and “Shallow”, the new single with Trisha.

Garth Brooks Triple Live Deluxe

For the person on your gift list that just can’t get enough Garth, spring for this one with 30 songs on three CDs from the superstar’s various tours, including the world tour with Trisha Yearwood.

Trace Adkins Ain’t That Kind a Cowboy

Trace’s new 6-song EP includes the title track and the lead single “Better Off” with all the cuts coming from hit writers and running the gamut from ballads to good ol’ honky tonk. For a Christmas treat, buy the autographed edition at traceadkins. com.

Larry Stewart Everyday is Christmas

The Restless Heart frontman has released his first-ever Christmas album with holiday-themed love songs such as “Cold December Night”, “All I Want For Christmas Is You” and Miss You Most at Christmas Time”.

Tanya Tucker Live From The Troubadour

Recorded at the legendary L.A. venue, the gig was one of three live shows celebrating the release of Tanya’s While I’m Livin’ album and has become a hit album itself. Part of the profits support Troubadour staff during the pandemic.

Marking the 20th anniversary since her debut album, Jamie co-produced Sometimes with hubby Rodney Good with re-imagined versions of previous hits and new songs (including duets with Sara Evans, Lauren Alaina and Martina McBride).

Matt Stell Better Than That

Matt’s latest EP features the empowering title track (catch the music video online, if you haven’t already) and seven other neat tracks including “IF I Was A Bar” and his No. 1 smash, “Prayed For You.”

Parker McCollum Hollywood Gold

The six-track EP features Parker’s breakout debut, “Pretty Heart,” and the title song inspired by the name of a racehorse that his grandfather bought. The name seemed too good not to be a song title, according to Parker.

Terry McBride Rebels and Angels

Terry (formerly of McBride & the Ride) co-wrote the title track with Chris Stapleton and recruited Patty Loveless as his duet partner on the song. Another highlight: Delbert McClinton guesting on “Went For One”.

Luke Combs What You See Ain’t Always What You Get

If the person on your list is a Combs fan, they probably already own What You See Is What You Get but treat ‘em to this premium set with five all-new songs.

For King and Country A Drummer Boy Christmas

Surprisingly, this is the first studio Christmas album for the hugely-popular Contemporary Christian group (they released a ’live’ Christmas album in 2017) and is a guaranteed hit: the title track has already topped Billboard’s Christian Digital Songs chart. A can’t-miss gift.

Maddie and Tae We Need Christmas

Right now, we sure DO need Christmas, and here comes a six-song EP from the duo with four seasonal classics given the Maddie & Tae touch, plus two new songs, “Merry, Merry Christmas” and the title track.

Steve Azar My Mississippi Reunion

A bluesy collection of songs from the singer/songwriter (and guitarist) inspired by his native state, including lead single “Coldwater” (a duet with 2X Grammy nom Cedric Burnside) and “One Mississippi,” the state’s official bicentennial song. Perfect for the blues fan’s stocking!

Mitchell Tenpenny Neon Christmas

Four Holiday faves and three new songs, co-written by the “Drunk Me” singer, make up this warm and cozy 7-song EP that includes Tenpenny’s own all-time favorite, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”.

Keith Urban Speed of Now Part 1

I heard (and loved) “God Whispered Your Name” when Keith debuted the song at the 2020 Country Radio Seminar. That song is here along with 15 more including collabs with Pink and Eric Church. Already a Billboard Country Albums chart-topper, will there be a Part 2?

Tim McGraw Here On Earth

A warm and uplifting offering, McGraw describes it as “a musical tapestry of life and a shared experience that we can use to connect all the different lives that we live” and includes the hit single, “I Called Mama.” (The Target deluxe edition adds two bonus tracks.)

Sara Evans Copy That

Released earlier this year, the wittily titled Copy That is an album of cover songs originated by stars from Patsy Cline and Hank Williams to The Knack and Dexys Midnight Runners (?!) given a unique Sara Evans twist.

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