Dolly Parton hopes to get everyone in the holiday spirit this year. The singer is set to release her first holiday album in 30 years, “A Holly Dolly Christmas,” on October 2nd.

The first single from the record will be “Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas,” featuring Michael Bublé, with the album also featuring guest appearances by goddaughter Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Fallon and her brother Randy Parton.

The album will feature a mix of originals and covers, with Dolly sharing her take on Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” as well as “Comin’ Home For Christmas,” “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” and more.

As for the title of the album, Dolly tells “Billboard,” “I thought, ‘I think I’ll call it ‘A Holly Dolly Christmas’ because I love the song “A Holly Jolly Christmas” with Burl Ives,” adding, “He used to be on all of my Christmas specials all through the years. I think of him as Mr. Christmas. I thought, ‘Why don’t do I call it something cute and clever, like that or ‘Deck the Halls with Boughs of Dolly,’ something corny like that.’”

Check out the track list below:

“Holly Jolly Christmas” – Dolly Parton
“Christmas Is” (feat. Miley Cyrus) – Dolly Parton
“Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas” – Dolly Parton, Michael Bublé
“Christmas On The Square” – Dolly Parton
“Circle Of Love” – Dolly Parton
“All I Want For Christmas Is You” – Dolly Parton, Jimmy Fallon
“Comin’ Home For Christmas” – Dolly Parton
“Christmas Where We Are” (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) – Dolly Parton
“Pretty Paper” – Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson
“I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” – Dolly Parton
“You Are My Christmas” (feat. Randy Parton) – Dolly Parton
“Mary, Did You Know?” – Dolly Parton

Source: Billboard

Kane Brown recently got lost on his own property and had to call police to come and rescue him. The singer recounted the experience in a now-deleted Facebook post, explaining that it happened when he and a few friends decided to explore the property surrounding his newly-purchased home.

Kane went to check out his 30 acres, and shares that what he expected to be a 30 minute trip, “turned into 3 hours it started raining turned dark and dropped to 40 degrees.” Kane and his friends were on four-wheelers and he said his GPS kept bringing them to impassible cliffs, so he called friend Ryan Upchurch to help him, which is when things turned scary.

“He has 4 other friends riding around in a Can-Am (a type of off-road ATV) and they start getting shot at,” Kane said. “My buddy’s girl who has asthma started then freaking out. We HAD to get her out.”

Eventually they called the police, but Kane notes, “The cops arrive and (hear) the gun shots and think we are shooting at them,” adding, “We yell at them and tell them we are not armed and made it out.”

Kane originally shared a few details of the story on “Extra,” and explained in his new post, “… that’s the story but I love the getting lost in my back yard better.”

Source: USA Today

Old Dominion fans got some pretty unique music from the band. In case you missed it, the group just released “Old Dominion (Meow Mix),” a new version of their self-titled album, replacing almost all the album’s lyrics with “meow.”

Frontman Matthew Ramsey tells “People,” the album is “just a bunch of grown men making a joke.” He says it all started during a band meeting when someone made a point, and another replied with “meow, meow,” and it just became a running joke, with Matthew noting he’d “slip in a few meows here and there,” during sound checks.

“We just thought it was funny, and then some of our crew thought it was funny, and then the label’s always asking us to do different versions of songs — acoustic, things like that,” he shares. “And we were like, ‘Let’s do a meow one,’ and then it started with one song, and then we were like, ‘Oh, let’s do the whole album!’ ”

As you can imagine, the band had a hard time not cracking up during the recording of the record. Matthew notes, “The guys had to leave the room because they couldn’t stop laughing, and if one person cracked, the rest of us would.” Check out a couple of the songs to the right

ONE MORE THING! The album actually contains one word that isn’t a meow. In “Smooth Sailing” they throw in a “ruff” in the line, “They ain’t got a dog in this fight,” with Matthew noting, “We can’t meow over the dog.”

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Keith Urban has unveiled the cover art and track listing for his 11th studio album, “The Speed of Now Part 1,” due September 18th. Keith unveiled the news via social media while also blacking out the names of three mystery guests who collaborate on the album’s first two tracks.

He also unveiled another new song from the project, “Change Your Mind.” The full-length album follows on September 18, just two days after he hosts the 55th Annual Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards on September 16th in Nashville.

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After a months-long delay, Luke Bryan’s brand new album is finally hitting shelves today. “Born Here Live Here Die Here,” is his seventh studio album and it has a sound that his fans will recognize.

In addition to dropping three singles from this album already, he also released “Build Me a Daddy,” which tells the story of a young boy whose father, a soldier, has died. He says that this song comes from a portion of the album that’s “real emotional,” for him.

“Every time I play it for somebody, it really affects them in an emotional way,” Luke said. “I’ve always tried to really make albums that check a lot of boxes for people, and I feel like I really touched on some great stuff on this album. And I’m excited for the fans to get it.”

The album was originally set to drop in April but then the pandemic hit. He said that at this point, he’s “tired of riding around in my truck listening.”

ONE MORE THING!: Luke recently did an interview where he talked about how his success gives him the ability to speak to, and influence, thousands of fans. He also knows that he needs to be diplomatic with his comments but wants people to know that he’s not afraid to stand up for his beliefs. “As you get a higher profile, you do watch your words carefully,” Luke said. He added, “I’m always gonna walk a smart line, but I’m not scared.” He’s also aware of how country music’s audience is growing younger and more diverse as other styles of music influence the country scene. He says that he hopes country music becomes more diverse after hearing from African American audience members who say they’ve felt uncomfortable at my shows through the years,” he explained “It’s a delicate conversation, and do I think we may take a little longer in country to have it? Probably. But it’s the conversation we’re having more and more.”

Source: TasteofCountry