Tom's Country View

"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...

"We were in a write and he was like, 'So how's your relationship life going?' and I said, 'Honestly, I'm at the point where if they look like they love me, I just got to get out of there.' And he was like, 'That's a great song title.'" (Ella Langley / billboard.com, August 6, 2024)

"I want fans to know that there's a different side of me, not just the sex, drugs, and rock & roll Koe that they may have heard about online. I've grown up a little bit. I'm no longer the 20-year-old kid that's partying down and getting thrown in jail all the time." (Koe Wetzel / musicrow.com, April 29, 2024)

"I grew up in one of the poorest counties in the United States, and while there are amazing people and beautiful places, there is also a ton of crime and corruption that is often overlooked in Appalachia. I used ‘Bible Belt’ as a way to tell the very real story of people who just ‘do what they have to do’ to get out of their situation." (Taylor Austin Dye / procountrymusic.com, June 22, 2023) One theory is that the name of the US state of Kentucky originates from the term Kenta Aki , which has its roots in the Algonquian language of the Shawnee and which means something like land of our fathers . Today, Kentucky is known, among other things, for its hilly landscape. And the reference " Hills of Kentucky " has long since become a familiar term. From there (more precisely: the small community of Owsley in eastern Kentucky) Taylor Austin Dye began moving the center of her life to Nashville in 2018 wit...