CMT Blog: Archive

I call it a gift because being able to watch Sugarland do their thing in a recording session feels like a present to me. In this new behind-the-scenes video from the making of their holiday album, Gold and Green, they are laying down music and vocal for the title track. What I love, almost more than the song, is hearing Kristian Bush describe the feeling he wanted. "We're trying to imagine it coming out with the orchestration attitude of a Nat King Cole Christmas album," he says. Then Jennifer Nettles goes on to talk about the song's visual icons: the postman, the snowflakes, the candlesticks. She says her favorite line is "And the world decides to sleep safe tonight." It warms my heart this time of year to know a country band is that dedicated to the nuances of every single song they craft.