2022

Holiday music typically can usually take it or leave it: songs to strum up consumer glee in big box stores and make the wallet or purse feel less guarded. Then there are the songs that are just about lying low and enjoying the few couple weeks we here in the states refer to as an end-of-the-year vacation. East Tennessee artist Teni Rane has the “non-cheese” holiday music agenda on tap with three vintage-colored seasonal singles.

What Bern Kellys’ new stripped-down acoustic album Garden City might lack in decibel volume, it packs a punch in melodic precision and warm earnest singing. Taking the gritty tales and