Tenille Townes Unveils ‘Train Track Worktapes’ Documentary

Tennille Townes is sharing her magical experience aboard the CP Holiday Train in the release of her Train Track Worktapes Documentary. Over fifteen days, the country singer and her band traveled from Montreal, Canada to Calgary.

Throughout her time on the train, Townes performed a total of 65 shows while also writing and recording her Train Track Worktapes EP, which was released earlier this year. The train has been running for 24 years and was originally built in the early 1900s.

According to the country singer's Facebook event page, she'd sometimes perform and be traveling in temperatures as low as -24. Townes's day-to-day life is shown in the documentary while greeting people of different communities and performing her songs and holiday hits.

Each stop and performance was to benefit the respective local food bank with attendees making a donation or bringing some food items. "It was remarkable to see everyone contributing in such an incredible way to their neighbors and their friends in their hometown who needed a little extra help," Townes says in the documentary.

Townes explains that with her band, they'd play 30 minutes at a time and then the train would fold back up and ride away to the next stop. With six to seven shows per day, it was the "most intense touring" she'd ever done.

"I've always loved trains. I think I associated them with the 'I think I can' of the little engine that could in my mind as a kid," Townes said. "I had a feeling before we started that I was going to love the adventure. Living on the train for fifteen days across my homeland but I wasn't prepared for how significant this trip would be in my life."

The Train Tracks Worktapes created along the way is a collection that is just as unique as the experience they had while covering nearly 3,000 miles across southern Canada. Towne's EP features five tracks, including a cover of Stevie Nicks' Fleetwood Mac classic, "Landslide."

Click below to watch the documentary or visit tenilletownes.com for more information.

Train Track Worktapes Track Listing

1. Home to Me (Tenille Townes)
2. Pieces of My Heart (Tenille Townes)
3. Landslide (Stevie Nicks)
4. Coming Together (Tenille Townes, Jaxon Hargrove)
5. Wheels (Tenille Townes, Jaxon Hargrove)

Produced by Jaxon Hargrove and Tenille Townes

It's that time of year again, and whether you're ready or not, we're here to put nine new Christmas songs on your radar this holiday season. Whether you enjoy listening to the classics, prefer original songs, or love to hear the covers of some of the most well-known tracks, it's all here.

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If you're anything like me, then you've probably been listening to Christmas music since you scarfed down your turkey on Thanksgiving day. The most beautiful thing about Christmas music is that there's a song for everyone's liking, no matter who you are or how old you might be.

Jon Pardi, Chris Janson, Chase Matthew, Alana Springsteen, Scotty McCreery, Maddie & Tae, Kane Brown, Walker Hayes, and Brandon Davis are on our list of songs that have really stood out so far this year.

While Pardi is fresh off the release of his first-ever Christmas album, Merry Christmas From Jon Pardi, Maddie & Tae have unveiled three new holiday tracks to their previously released holiday album, We Need Christmas, and Hayes has put a Christmas spin on his 2021 viral hit, "Fancy Like."

Aside from all of the new Christmas tunes released this year, there are also several holiday tours getting ready to hit the road throughout the month of December, among other shows to check out.

Brett Eldredge kicked off his Glow Live Tour' in Nashville over the weekend, King + Country has hit the road for their A Drummer Boy Christmas: The 2023 Tour Experience and Sara Evans will embark on her Go Tell It On The Mountain Christmas Tour.

In addition, one of Nashville's most prestigious events of the holiday season kicked off over the weekend at the Grand Ole Opry, Opry Country Christmas. Over the next few weeks, country stars including Lauren Alaina, Trace Adkins, Chris Young, Lady A, and many more will hit the stage to participate in the festivities.

Scroll below to check out nine new Country Christmas songs.

Jon Pardi's "Beer For Santa" is featured on his first-ever Christmas album, Merry Christmas From Jon Pardi. The 12-track collection includes standard holiday songs as well as originals and was produced by Pardi alongside Bart Butler and Ryan Gore. Over the weekend, Pardi helped kick off Opry Country Christmas, one of Nashville's favorite holiday traditions.

Chris Janson has released a cover of the timeless Christmas classic, "Holiday Road," for everyone to enjoy this holiday season. For many, the song was discovered in the iconic movie, National Lampoon’s Vacation, in 1983. Fans will have the chance to check out the country singer's live performance of “Holiday Road” during the upcoming Christmas at the Opry special on December 7.

Chase Matthew has taken a pop Christmas staple and turned it country for us this year. That's right, the singer-songwriter has released a cover of Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe." The rising star posted a video to Instagram saying, "So around this time of year is when people start normally dropping ridiculous *** Xmas covers, so I did one too."

If you love the beach as much as I do, then you'll have Alana Springsteen's new Christmas song, "Christmas Comes In Waves," on repeat for the days and weeks to come. “Having grown up on the coast, all my favorite holidays were spent with family by the water. I’m a beach baby through and through and I can’t think of a more restful, festive way to spend Christmas than in the sand,” shares Springsteen. The country singer co-wrote the song and produced it while also playing acoustic guitar, ukulele, and hi-strung guitar.

Scotty McCreery has released a new holiday track titled “Feel Like The Holidays.” The original song was written by Frank Rogers, Monty Criswell, Derek George, Bobby Hamrick, and Jeremy Bussey. “I love Christmas and Christmas music, so I’m thrilled to release ‘Feel Like the Holidays’ today,” said McCreery. “It’s got such a classic Christmas song vibe and puts you right in the mood for the holiday season. I hope everyone enjoys it as much as we enjoyed recording it.” McCreery’s “Feels Like The Holidays” follows the release of his latest single, “Cab In A Solo,” garnering him the most first-week adds at country radio of his career.

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Maddie & Tae recently released an expanded version of their We Need Christmas Album. The collection features three additional Christmas classics including “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas,” The Christmas Song” and “White Christmas.”

Kane Brown has released a one-of-a-kind duet of Elvis Presley's "Blue Christmas." Fans can catch the country singer performing the track on the upcoming special Christmas At Graceland, which airs live on Wednesday, November 29 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

Walker Hayes has given the holiday treatment to his smash hit, "Fancy Like." The country singer has released his new festive single, "Fancy Like Christmas." Speaking on the new single, Hayes says, “This is the most excited I’ve been about a song in a long time. From the moment this idea came about, it was off to the races. I’ve never re written a song before and I think this was the most fun I’ve ever had writing any song.”

Brandon Davis has released a new holiday EP titled Silverado Santa featuring four new songs, "Family Tree," "Wrap You Up," "One More Christmas Eve," and the title track of the same name. “Y’all are going to have a fun time with this one, I promise you. You can’t help but dance. Like that’s the man thing with the kids. It just makes you want to get up and start moving,” Davis said of the song on Facebook.