Happy New Music Friday… or should we say happy “Postcards from Texas Day!”
After announcing her new label home and promising new music that’s true to who she is both as an artist and as a person, Miranda Lambert has finally released her first project today (September 13), 14-track Postcards from Texas, via Big Loud and Republic Records.
The singer co-produced the record with long-time collaborator Jon Randall and was recorded at Arlen Studios in Austin, Texas, channeling Lambert’s earlier works made from her home in the Lone Star state.
Lambert said of the album’s influence, “I was like, ‘I really want to make a record that has little pieces of every influence, musically, that I’ve ever had. So it’s like little snapshots of all the influences over the last two decades of my career. That’s why I called it Postcards from Texas. it felt like each song was a separate little vignette.”
She continues, “I haven’t made a record in Texas since I was 18. So, it felt really full circle. I was like, ‘This is my tenth studio record so I’m going back to the root of where it all started and where it all came from. I felt at home, number one. And it felt easy. I’m a co-producer with my great friend Jon Randall who is also a Texas boy. We just got some really great local musicians and brought a few people from Nashville.”
As the year begins to wind down, some country music artists are quickly shifting into the holidays. Amy Grant and Vince Gill dropped their collaborative record, When I Think of Christmas, featuring holiday favorites such as “Tennessee Christmas,” “O Holy Night,” “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” and “Do You Hear What I Hear.”
Off the heels of their Greatest Hits record, Little Big Town are also releasing their first-ever holiday offering, The Christmas Record, arriving Oct. 4.
Bandmate Jimi Westbrook says of the project, “Ever since we started as a band, we have dreamed of making a Christmas record. We all love the traditions of the season and treasure the memories with our families. For our 25th year together, we finally made that record. We wrote several original songs for the project and also recorded some of our favorites we’ve been singing together for years. We’re so proud of how it came together and hope the fans love it as much as we do.”
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One of our favorite parts of New Music Friday is getting to memorize all of the brand new releases, those including the ones by Parker McCollum, Koe Wetzel, Mitchell Tenpenny, Maddie & Tae, Anne Wilson, Blanco Brown, BRELAND, Brantley Gilbert, Dasha, Tucker Wetmore, Chase Matthew, Angie K, Tiera Kennedy, Lakeview, Jenna DeVries, Wesko, Ben Gallaher, Erin Kinsey, Ashley Ryan, Timothy Wayne, Texas Hill, Becca Bowen, Evan Honer, Mae Estes, Jordana Bryant and more.
There are also a few collaborations that need to be on your radar, including “Sunday in the South” from Shenandoah, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan, “Father’s Søn” by Stephen Wilson Jr., and HARDY, “Hangover At My Place” by Tebey and Tenille Arts, “Tele-Man” from Ira Dean, Ronnie Dunn, Brent Mason, John Osborne and Vince Gill and “Friday Night” by Wade Bowen and Troy Aikman.
We put together a list of all of our favorite releases this week and we want to hear from you which ones are your favorite. Be sure to let us know by either leaving a reaction at the bottom of the post, or by sliding into out Instagram DMs
Miranda Lambert feat: Parker McCollum – “Santa Fe”
Amy Grant and Vince Gill – “Tennessee Christmas”
Parker McCollum – “What Kinda Man”
Koe Wetzel – “Casamigos”
Mitchell Tenpenny – “Started Stoppin’”
Maddie & Tae – “What A Woman Can Do”
Anne Wilson – “Stand”
Blanco Brown – “Back 2 Basics”
BRELAND – “Icing”
Brantley Gilbert – “Tattoos”
Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye”
Tucker Wetmore – “Silverado Blue”
Chase Matthew – “Backroads Of My Mind”
Angie K – “Stay”
Tiera Kennedy – “Can’t Help My Country”
Lakeview – “Wrong Side of the Track”
Jenna DeVries – “Hell is Real”
Wesko – “Family Tree”
Ben Gallaher – “Cut Like A Knife”
Erin Kinsey – “Gettin’ Away With It”
Ashley Ryan – “Stunt Double”
Wesko – “Family Tree”
Timothy Wayne – “Guy With A Guitar”
Texas Hill – “Down In Old Flames”
Becca Bowen – “Tangled In Your Love”
Evan Honer – “Scared To Love Again”
Mae Estes – “Good Ol’ Boys”
Jordana Bryant – “I Could See It”
Shenandoah, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan – “Sunday in the South”
Stephen Wilson Jr. – “Father’s Son”
Tebey and Tenille Arts – “Hangover At My Place”
Ira Dean, Ronnie Dunn, Brent Mason, Josh Osborne and Vince Gill – “Tele-Man”
Wade Bowen and Troy Aikman – “Friday Night”
7Descent – “Take On Me” (Cover)
