Christmas Music

Back in 2016, over the holiday season, West Virginia's Circa Blue released an instrumental version of the Christmas favorite, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, on their Bells of Home album. Then in November of 2019, Valerie Smith with Bell Buckle Records

The Barefoot Movement has brought their Covers for a Cause campaign to an end for 2022, in a lovely acoustic version of the 1944 classic, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, with the assistance of Bryan Sutton on guitar. Real oldsters

As the snow flies outside my studio window, and the pressures of unfinished tasks threaten to bring out the grinchiest of my Grinch-like qualities, I'm sitting here wearing a huge who-cares smile. Reality can wait until next week, maybe even

Bonfire Music has a new Christmas track from Danny Burns, sung as a duet with his wife, Áine, likewise a strong vocalist with an Irish background. It's their version of Nothing But A Child, written and recorded by Steve Earle back

Here's another new Christmas release from Pinecastle Records, this time featuring a couple of unsung heroes in bluegrass music, Tony Wray and Dennis Parker. Both have many years of professional experience in the music business, but often not in the

Joining the 2022 Christmas bluegrass bonanza today are Tammy Rogers & Thomm Jutz, the Nashville singing/songwriting duo with Mountain Fever Records. These two have been friends for some time, but only recently started writing together. After knocking out a couple of

The RBR Entertainment label also has a Christmas project for the holidays this year, RBR Family Christmas, with songs from nine of their popular bluegrass artists. There are two from Billy Droze, one from his wife, Marija, plus tracks from

'Tis the season to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas in song, and master musician, Andy Leftwich, and 11 of his family and friends, are in the midst of a holiday-themed tour doing just that. The musical ensemble is comprised

Today's new Christmas music comes all the way from Sweden, and a group called Mo's Granted, fronted by Canadian-born vocalist, Imogen Grant. It's a new song written by Swedish poet Jakob Knapp called Blind Boys of Bethlehem. Mo's Granted has found success

Independent bluegrass artist Ashley Lewis has a new single for Christmas this year, her version of the contemporary favorite, Mary, Did You Know. The song, which had its origins in the Gaither Vocal Band, was written by Mark Lowry and Buddy