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How Jason Aldean Ended Up Turning the Lights On — and Off — for Album Number 7

Broken BowAs Jason Aldean’s new album, They Don’t Know, arrives in stores and online today, it already boasts a number-one single thanks to its lead release. But when the ACM Entertainer of the Year originally found the tune, it p...

By |2016-09-09T05:00:06-05:00September 9th, 2016|Music News|Comments Off on How Jason Aldean Ended Up Turning the Lights On — and Off — for Album Number 7

Why “A Very Kacey Christmas” Will Be “Willie Nice”

Mercury Nashville“Part Western Swing sprinkled with bits of classic pop, hazy Hawaiian moments and child-like fun, all coming to a nostalgic and melancholy end” -- that’s how Kacey Musgraves describes her new holiday album, A Very Kacey Christmas, that’s set to come out right before Halloween.

For her first yuletide set, the Grammy winner wrote four originals:  “Christmas Makes Me Cry,” “Present Without a Bow,” and “Ribbons and Bows,” as well as “A Willie Nice Christmas,” where she’s joined by both Nelson and his fabled guitar Trigger.

Even on the eight Christmas classics she covers, Kacey went out of her way to make them her own.

“It would have been easy to simply copy old versions of these songs that have been around forever, but it was very important for us to build arrangements that are totally new and very me,” she says.

You can hear a sneak peek of the album in a new video posted on Kacey’s socials.

Here’s the complete track listing for A Very Kacey Christmas, which comes out October 28, with a vinyl version following on November 18:

“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” 
“Let It Snow” (featuring The Quebe Sisters)
“Christmas Don’t Be Late”
“A Willie Nice Christmas” (featuring Willie Nelson and Trigger)
“Feliz Navidad”
“Christmas Makes Me Cry”
“Present Without a Bow” (featuring Leon Bridges)
“Mele Kalikimaka” (featuring The Quebe Sisters)
“I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas”
“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”
“Ribbons and Bows”
“What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?”

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ITS GONNA BE "A VERY KACEY CHRISTMAS" 🎁 OCT. 28 + VINYL NOV 18 pic.twitter.com/RoHVhwwfj5

— KACEY MUSGRAVES (@KaceyMusgraves) September 7, 2016

 

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Sentencing postponed for man accused of aiding Fort Riley bomb plot

TOPEKA — Sentencing has been postponed for a 29-year-old Topeka man accused of helping a would-be jihadist’s unsuccessful plot to bomb Fort Riley. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree said Thursday he’s considering whether Alexander Blair’s crime qualifies for the five-year sentence prosecutors want. Blair’s attorney is seeking a sentence of five years’ probation. Sentencing is now set […]

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Dig Your Roots, Dude!: “The Chew”‘s Carla Hall Schools Florida Georgia Line on Nashville Hot Chicken

ABC/Paula LoboDuring their recent trip to New York City to promote their new album, Dig Your Roots, Florida Georgia Line stopped by ABC's The Chew to tape an episode that airs on Friday. Ironically, it was host and Nashville na...

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Country Star Trivia

Comstock/Thinkstock Who was the first CMA Entertainer of the Year to repeat the honor in subsequent years? ANSWER:  Barbara Mandrell, who won in 1980 and 1981. Copyright © 2016, ABC Radio. All rights reserved.

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A Night on the Town with Reba and a “Fancy” Makeover

Photo Credit: Justin McIntoshHow’d you like to spend a night on the town with Reba? For $10 and just a little luck, that could very well happen. The Country Music Hall of Famer is pitching in to help raise money for Musicians on Call, the no...

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Sentencing in Fort Riley bomb case

TOPEKA – A 29-year-old Topeka man is waiting to be sentenced for helping a would-be jihadist’s unsuccessful plot to bomb an Army post in northeast Kansas. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree was having a sentencing hearing Thursday for Alexander Blair. Court documents say Blair loaned $100 to another man who tried to plant what they […]

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Nashville Notes

Burke/Triolo Productions/Thinkstock Dierks Bentley performs the track “Freedom,” from his Black album, Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. ET on the 2016 NFL Kickoff on NBC. Garth Brooks, Ricky Skaggs and the late...

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Dierks Bentley Teams Up with Keith Urban and Little Big Town, Encouraging “Heroes” to “Stand Up to Cancer”

Capitol NashvilleDierks Bentley, Keith Urban and Little Big Town Stand Up to Cancer Friday night, representing the country community at the fundraiser set to air simultaneously on all three major networks and many cable channel...

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Lauren Alaina Goes Down the “Road Less Traveled” with Pop Star Meghan Trainor

Mercury NashvilleLauren Alaina performs her latest top-40 country hit, “Road Less Traveled,” for the first time on TV Thursday morning on the Today show, which starts at 7 a.m. on NBC. Best New Artist Grammy winner Meghan Trainor is one of ...

By |2016-09-07T18:18:33-05:00September 7th, 2016|Music News|Comments Off on Lauren Alaina Goes Down the “Road Less Traveled” with Pop Star Meghan Trainor
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