Merry Christmas from Gabby Barrett! The mother of three announces the release of her first Christmas album, Carols and Candlelight, out on November 8.
“If you know me, you know that Christmas is my FAVORITE time of the year… so I have been so excited to announce my new Christmas album, Carols and Candlelight, will be available everywhere on November 8,” Barrett shares on social media, adding that ‘I’ll Be Home For Christmas’ is out now. “I know we’re close to Halloween, but my heart is in HOLIDAY MODE!!!!!”
The 11-track record includes collaborations with her husband, Cade Foehner, The Piano Guys, and a version of “Go Tell It On The Mountain,” which Barrett recorded with For KING & COUNTRY, as part of their 2020 A Drummer Boy Christmas project.
Carols and Candlelight isn’t the only career first Barrett is experiencing this year. The American Idol alum also just released her first single to Christian radio, “Jesus on a Train.” The song is from Barrett’s sophomore Chapter & Verse album, released in February.
“I don’t know exactly what it looks like for me,” Barrett tells The Christian Beat, speaking of having a song on Christian radio. “I think Anne Wilson is a good example of balancing that see-saw of country and Christian [music]. I’ve been in country music for six, seven years now, and I love it so much. I fell in love with country music, but being a Christian is my identity.
“My identity is in Jesus, and so that changes everything: my music, the way that I live, the way what I talk about,” she continues. “So, me and my husband, we do it together. We would literally stop in the middle of our shows the past couple of years, and he would do a short, one to two-minute gospel message to people at our shows.”
Barrett, who ended her Chapter & Verse album with a Christian song, “The Doxology,” featuring Phil Wickham, also appeared on a version of Colton Dixon’s “Build a Boat,” a song that was first released in 2022.
Listen to “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” here. See a track list for Carols and Candlelight below. The record is available now to pre-order/pre-save here. Find all of Barrett’s music and upcoming shows at GabbyBarrett.com.
Carols and Candlelight Track List:
1. “Mary, Did You Know?” (Mark Lowry, Buddy Greene)
2. “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” (Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram)
3. “Christmas To Remember” (Chris Eaton, Beverly Darnall, Amy Grant)
4. “The First Noel” (Public Domain)
5. “Baby, It’s Cold Outside (feat. Cade Foehner)” (Frank Loesser)
6. “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (feat. The Piano Guys)”*
7. “Go Tell It On The Mountain” (for KING & COUNTRY feat. Gabby Barrett)
8. “O Holy Night” (Public Domain)
9. “Last Christmas” (George Michael)
10. “Grown-Up Christmas List” (David Foster, Linda Thompson-Jenner)
11. “Silent Night” (Public Domain)