Tom's Country View

"In 2024, pop artists made their love for country music known, and, today, Grammy voters made their love known for those efforts.Pop and R&B stars dominated the country Grammy nominations, including Beyoncé, who was the only artist to receive a nod in all four country categories." (Melinda Newman / billboard.com, November 8, 2024)

"We recorded this album trying to encapsulate the classic Christmas sounds I’ve always loved and put my own soulful and jazz-like spin on it. If you need a place to rest your soul and a group of magical humans to share it with, then just put this album on play, lay back, and take a breath." (Brett Eldredge / tasteofcountry.com, September 18, 2024) "After I finished the Glow Tour last year, I immediately dove into writing an album full of original Christmas songs that will hopefully become classics in your hearts and minds," Eldredge writes on social media. "We recorded this album trying to encapsulate the classic Christmas sounds I’ve always loved and put my own soulful and jazz-like spin on it." "Whatever you want to call it, just know it’s a reflection of the most important themes of the holidays — love, togetherness, family, and community," he continues. "If you need a place to rest your soul and a group of magical humans to...

"Often we need to be reminded how beyond capable we are of doing hard things. as the daughter of a force of a mom & a steady rock of a dad, i was raised to believe i could do it all in the face of uncertainty & adversity. i hope u know that u can 2." (Alana Springsteen / X, Oktober 11, 2024)

"What was even more impressive was to sit down with this bunch and turn them loose to do the songs in whatever way fit their artistic vision. The fun part was we weren’t chasing the original recordings or arrangements or our versions." (Ronnie Dunn [Brooks & Dunn] / billboard.com, September 16, 2024)

"Both the actual book as well as the saying I’m OK – You’re OK have been featured in popular culture in the decades since the book was released, starting with a [1972] New Yorker Magazine cartoon about a phone conversation: 'Oh - we're reading "I'm O.K. - you are O.K.," and I guess we are O.K.. But I think it's because of the martinis, not the book." (Nicholas Berne Calcaterra / drthomasharris.com/im-ok-youre-ok-book-thomas-harris/)

"[Studio Two is] our most famous recording space. The scene of landmark recordings by The Beatles, Shirley Bassey, Kate Bush, Massive Attack, Oasis, Adele and so many more, Studio Two has been at the heart of popular music since it first opened its doors back in 1932." (abbeyroad.com/studio-two)