For your playlist: The best new holiday tunes from Nashville | The Pick

Leave it to Pistol Annies — the fire-spitting country music trio featuring Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley — to name a Christmas album "Hell of a Holiday." Like a pour of whiskey in egg nog, the Annies uncork 10 original shots of holiday truth-telling on the 2021 release.

And they're not alone in debuting essential holiday tunes this year. From Annies to Amanda Shires and Lori McKenna, we break down eight new albums out of Nashville in a subscriber-exclusive roundup that'll make your holiday season *that* much jollier.

Who's ready for 2022? The concert calendar for next year continues to fill up, with Nashville shows from Haim, Tame Impala, Bright Eyes and more confirmed in the coming months. But the crown for most-anticipated of these newly-announced tours may be upstart pop powerhouse Olivia Rodrigo, who plays the Opry House in May.

Spin this song: In anticipation of a "best of 2021" list, we're revisiting some of the year's top albums, including "Reckless," the stellar debut from country artist Morgan Wade. Spin it now.

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