Jamie O’Neal. Photo: Angela Talley
Grammy nominated artist Jamie O’Neal will release her debut Christmas album, Spirit & Joy, on Oct. 21 via JOG Inc. and BFD/Audium Nashville with distribution through The Orchard. The Jeffrey Steele-penned album opener, “Christmas,” is available now.
The 10-song collection will feature festive favorites, such as “White Christmas,” “River” and “I’ll Be Home For Christmas,” as well as three originals co-written by O’Neal, including “Christmas You,” “Gulf of Mexico” and “You Were Christmas to Me.”
Spirit & Joy was produced by O’Neal and her husband, Rodney Good, and the pair also recorded their first-ever collaboration on the project’s “Please Come Home for Christmas.” O’Neal’s father Jimmy Murphy, sister Melissa Murphy and daughter Aliyah Good also chimed in on “Do You Hear What I Hear?” The album also featured fellow ACM award-winner Collin Raye on the classic “Silver Bells.”
O’Neal’s latest album, Sometimes, celebrated the 20th anniversary of her debut album, Shiver. The project featured collaborations with John Paul White, Lauren Alaina, Martina McBride, Sara Evans and Good.
Spirit & Joy Track List:
1. Christmas (Jeffrey Steele)
2. Christmas You (Jamie O’Neal, Corey Lee Barker)
3. Please Come Home for Christmas Feat. Rodney Good (Charles Brown, Gene Redd)
4. White Christmas (Irving Berlin)
5. I’ll Be Home for Christmas (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent)
6. Gulf of Mexico (Jamie O’Neal, Rodney Good, Jimmy Murphy)
7. Do You Hear What I Hear? Feat. Jimmy Murphy, Melissa Murphy and Aliyah Good (Noel Regne, Gloria Shayne)
8. You Were Christmas to Me (Jamie O’Neal, Corey Lee Barker)
9. River (Joni Mitchell)
10. Silver Bells Feat. Collin Raye (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
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