Kacey Musgraves releases her first Christmas album, A Very Kacey Christmas, today (October 28th). She recorded several favorites including “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Let It Snow,” “Feliz Navidad” and “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” but she also wrote four original songs “Present Without a Bow,” “Christmas Makes Me Cry,” “A Willie Nice Christmas” and “Ribbons and Bows” that fit snugly beside the classics.
Kacey said it was important she put her own spin on some o f the holiday classics. “To me, it was a really fun challenge to figure out how to take these traditional Christmas songs that we’ve all heard a million times and put my own spin on it and make it A Very Kacey Christmas, you know? Like what would Christmas sound like if it were coming from me,” says Kacey. “So, that was a really fun challenge, and I knew I would want to write some for the album, but to me, whenever I want to hear Christmas music, I want to hear the favorites that we all know. So, it was important for me to pick classics that I’ve always loved and to combine that with new songs that you haven’t heard yet.”
A Very Kacey Christmas features special guests Willie Nelson, Leon Bridges and The Quebe Sisters.
A Very Kacey Christmas Track List:
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
- Let It Snow (Featuring The Quebe Sisters)
Written by Julie Styne and Sammy Cahn
- Christmas Don’t Be Late
Written by Ross Bagdasarian
- A Willie Nice Christmas (Featuring Willie Nelson)
Written by Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne
- Feliz Navidad
Written by Jose Feliciano
- Christmas Makes Me Cry
Written by Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark
- Present Without A Bow (Featuring Leon Bridges)
Written by Kacey Musgraves, Leon Bridges, Austin Jenkins and Luke Laird
- Mele Kalikimaka (Featuring The Quebe Sisters)
Written by R. Alex Anderson
- I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas
Written by John Rox
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Written by Johnny Marks
- Ribbons And Bows
Written by Kacey Musgraves, Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter
- What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
Written by Frank Loesser
Audio / Kacey Musgraves loves Christmas music, and it was important for her to make sure she put her own spin on some of her favorite holiday classics for A Very Kacey Christmas.
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“I do love Christmas music, and there’s a million different versions of Christmas songs we’ve heard our entire lives. To me, it was a really fun challenge to figure out how to take these traditional Christmas songs that we’ve all heard a million times and put my own spin on it and make it A Very Kacey Christmas, you know? Like what would Christmas sound like if it were coming from me? So, that was a really fun challenge, and I knew I would want to write some for the album, but to me, whenever I want to hear Christmas music, I want to hear the favorites that we all know. So, it was important for me to pick classics that I’ve always loved and to combine that with new songs that you haven’t heard yet.”
