Media Monarchy plays Luke Combs, Jim Lauderdale, Grant-Lee Phillips and more on #PumpUpThaVolume for December 17, 2025. ♬
Bobby Helms – “Jingle Bell Rock” (Vinyl)
‘Jingle Bell Rock b/w The Old Year Is Gone’
Certron – Nov 1970
*Bobby Helms – “Jingle Bell Rock” (Vinyl) ANOTHER MONARCHY EXCLUSIVE! // https://www.discogs.com/release/5714547-Bobby-Helms-Jingle-Bell-Rock // https://search.brave.com/search?q=Certron+blank+tapes // GIDDY UP JINGLE HORSE! Certron DJ Promo from 1970 with a different version that I cannot find anywhere online! “Jingle Bell Rock” is an American Christmas song first released by Bobby Helms in 1957. “Jingle Bell Rock” was composed by Joseph Carleton Beal and James Ross Boothe, although both Helms and session guitarist on the song Hank Garland disputed this. Beal was a Massachusetts-born public relations professional and longtime resident of South Ocean Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Boothe was an American writer in the advertising business. I got this at Music Millennium, PDX, which means I prolly overpaid for it whatever it cost.*
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Colton Bowlin – “Don’t Come Home”
Digital Single
State Line Records / Thirty Tigers – December 5, 2025
*Colton Bowlin – “Don’t Come Home” https://soundcloud.com/coltonbowlin-music/dont-come-home // https://coltonbowlin.com // Here’s the new single by Kentucky singer-songwriter Colton Bowlin, available now via State Line Records / Thirty Tigers.*
Corey Kent – “Rocky Mountain Low” (w/Koe Wetzel)
Digital Single
Sony Music – December 5, 2025
*Corey Kent – “Rocky Mountain Low” (w/Koe Wetzel) https://open.spotify.com/album/34UbZH97R1t0TR1IoV5alN // https://ck.lnk.to/RML // Here’s the new single by Corey Kent, available now via Sony Music.*
Luke Combs – “Giving Her Away”
Digital Single
Sony Music – December 5, 2025
*Luke Combs – “Giving Her Away” https://open.spotify.com/album/2pnoWZN6epQVXs2XREE8l4 // https://lc.lnk.to/givingheraway // Here’s the new single by Luke Combs, available now via Sony Music.*
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Garrison Nunn – “Got Me Here”
‘Feather in the Wind’
Garrison Nunn – November 14, 2025
*Garrison Nunn – “Got Me Here” https://soundcloud.com/garrisonnunn/got-me-here // https://linktr.ee/garrisonnunn // Here’s the new single by Texas-born, Nashville-based singer songwriter, Garrison Nunn. Available now as an independent release via the artist.*
Jim Lauderdale – “People Get Hurt Sometimes”
‘Country Super Hits Volume 2’
Jim Lauderdale – December 5, 2025
*Jim Lauderdale – “People Get Hurt Sometimes” https://jimlauderdale.bandcamp.com/track/people-get-hurt-sometimes // https://www.jimlauderdalemusic.com // From ‘Country Super Hits Volume 2,’ the just-released compilation album by Americana icon, Jim Lauderdale. Available now via the artist, exclusively on Bandcamp.*
Grease Can – “John Deere Tractor”
‘Where Your Heart Wants To Go’
Flak Records – December 5, 2025
*Grease Can – “John Deere Tractor” https://flakrecords444.bandcamp.com/track/john-deere-tractor // From ‘Where Your Heart Wants To Go,’ the just-released album by Texas country band, Grease Can. Available now via Flak Records.*
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Flatland Cavalry – “Somewhere Down In Texas” (Jason Boland And The Stragglers Cover)
Digital Single
HELL PONY ARCHIVES / Thirty Tigers – November 14, 2025
*Flatland Cavalry – “Somewhere Down In Texas” (Jason Boland And The Stragglers Cover) https://soundcloud.com/flatlandcavalry/somewhere-down-in-texas // https://www.flatlandcavalry.com // This cover of Jason Boland And The Stragglers is the new single by Texas six-piece, Flatland Cavalry, available now via HELL PONY ARCHIVES / Thirty Tigers.*
Phil Gammage – “Heartache By Delivery”
‘Motel Called Loneliness’
Phil Gammage – October 24, 2025
*Phil Gammage – “Heartache By Delivery” https://philgammage.bandcamp.com/track/heartache-by-delivery-3 // https://motelcalledloneliness.hearnow.com/motel-called-loneliness // From ‘Motel Called Loneliness,’ the just-released album by NYC singer-songwriter, Phil Gammage. Available now as an independent release via the artist.*
Grant-Lee Phillips – “Closer Tonight”
‘In the Hour of Dust’
Yep Roc Records – September 5, 2025
*Grant-Lee Phillips – “Closer Tonight” https://grantleephillips.bandcamp.com/track/closer-tonight // https://ffm.to/inthehourofdust // From ‘In the Hour of Dust,’ the just-released album by Nashville-based singer-songwriter, Grant-Lee Phillips, of late, great alt band, Grant Lee Buffalo. Available now via Yep Roc Records.*
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Ben Mastwyk – “Country Club Cousins”
‘Let Me At The Night’
Ben Mastwyk – July 18, 2025
*Ben Mastwyk – “Country Club Cousins” https://mastwyk.bandcamp.com/track/country-club-cousins // https://www.benmastwyk.com/music // From ‘Let Me At The Night,’ the recently-released album by Australian country star, Ben Mastwyk. Available now as an independent release via the artist.*
The Wildmans – “Take Me”
‘Longtime Friend’
New West Records – July 11, 2025
*The Wildmans – “Take Me” https://wildmans.bandcamp.com/track/take-me // http://newwst.com/longtimefriendWE // From ‘Longtime Friend,’ the recently-released album by the Virginia brother-sister duo of Elisha and Aila Wildman -aka The Wildmans. Available now via New West Records.*
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Merle Haggard And The Strangers – “If You’ve Got Time (To Say Goodbye)”
‘Hag’
Capitol Records – 1971
*Merle Haggard And The Strangers – “If You’ve Got Time (To Say Goodbye)” https://open.spotify.com/track/5JT712tUMP4vwiEdvFfCOF // https://www.discogs.com/release/11519664-Merle-Haggard-And-The-Strangers-Hag // It’s not mandatory Merle, but we have to hear him at least once in 2025! From ‘Hag,’ the 1971 Capitol Records album by Merle Haggard And The Strangers.*
Johnny Darrell – “Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town” (Mel Tillis Cover)
‘Hillbillies In Hell: Hillbilly Wolf (1952-1972)’
The Iron Mountain Analogue Research Facility / The Omni Recording Corporation – 2025
*Johnny Darrell – “Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town” (Mel Tillis Cover) https://open.spotify.com/track/7qiCnbap0FTU6DCDDgC4S8 // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby,_Don’t_Take_Your_Love_to_Town // This song, written by Mel Tillis, was first recorded by Waylon Jennings in 1966, and was a top ten country single for Johnny Darrell in 1967, later, in 1969, the song was an international hit for Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. Here featured on the just-released various artists compilation album, ‘Hillbillies In Hell: Hillbilly Wolf (1952-1972)’, available now via The Iron Mountain Analogue Research Facility / The Omni Recording Corporation.*
Glen Campbell – “Wichita Lineman”
‘Wichita Lineman’
Capitol Records / UMe – 2017
*Glen Campbell – “Wichita Lineman” https://open.spotify.com/track/6V9VCm1zOY2lGR80RehJ9i // https://www.discogs.com/release/10048919-Glen-Campbell-Wichita-Lineman // From the excellent 2017 reissue of ‘Wichita Lineman’ by Glen Campbell, originally released on Capitol Records in 1968.*