To celebrate 10 years of Lubbock Music NOW albums featuring local area artists, the Entertainment Lubbock Committee, a committee under the auspices of Civic Lubbock, Inc., has produced a Special Edition album. The album, titled Holiday Music NOW, features holiday music written and/or performed by past Lubbock Music NOW artists.
The Holiday Music NOW album will be available for download on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and dozens of other streaming services. Physical copies of the CD are available for purchase at A Beautiful Mess, Hollyhocks, Odds & Ends, The Maj Boutique, Cactus Theater, Buddy Holly Center Gift Shop, and the Select-a-Seat Box Office located inside the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.
The album includes eight songs: six are original songs and two are traditional holiday songs in the public domain. Because this was a special edition album celebrating 10 years of the project, only those artists who had been featured on past Lubbock Music NOW albums were eligible to submit a song for consideration.
The track list for the Holiday Music NOW album, by song, performer, and songwriters (in parenthesis), is listed below:
Swingin’ Christmas – Hannah Jackson
(Hannah Jackson, Cary C. Banks)
Christmas is Here – Mary Fletcher
(Mary Fletcher, AJ Masters)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman – Jordan Robert Kirk
(Traditional)
A Christmas Prayer – Jonny Keys
(Jonathon Hughes)
Cookies with Momma – Jenni Dale Lord
(Jenni Dale Lord)
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Caleb Jude Green
(Phillips Brooks/Lewis Redner)
Grown Up Christmas Things – Lindsey Bruner/Peter Westfall
(Lindsey Bruner, Peter Westfall)
West Texas Christmas – Spur 327 Band
(Andy Hackney, Heath Stewart, Tyge Payne,Todd Chambers)
The cover art for the Holiday Music NOW album was designed by Dirk Fowler, an associate professor in the School of Art at Texas Tech University. He is a world-renowned graphic designer, and his letterpress concert posters are collector’s items.
