We revisit one of our retrospectives on some 5-star music that was released in 2015, including songs by Jon Troast, Nick Flora, Giants & Pilgrims, and Jessi McNeal.

We ring in the New Year by revisiting one of our favorite episodes of last year, our 7th Anniversary Special - featuring cameos from a bunch of UTR listeners and artists.

It's a wonderful time for family gatherings, gift exchanges, festive decorations, and honoring the birth of our Savior Jesus. We revisit this gourmet Christmas music celebration from 2009, when UTR was only 1 year old.

Some of the most beloved Advent carols of all-time, like "Angels We Have Heard On High" and "O Come All Ye Faithful," are updated at the hands of Sufjan Stevens, Julie Lee, The Oh Hellos, Ellie Holcomb, among others.

We have lots of well-crafted songs to celebrate the Christmas season, plus we talk about the Christmas holiday with FIVE special guests: Ginny Owens, Andrew Peterson, The Gray Havens, Christa Wells, and All Sons & Daughters!

We look back on an amazing year of gourmet music and play some of the stand-out gems like The Oh Hellos, Mat Kearney, Jessi McNeal, and Nick Flora.

On this special midweek bonus podcast, we do an audio countdown of our hand-selected 6 best Christmas albums of 2015!

We share songs of gratitude on our 2015 Thanksgiving Special, including tracks by Leigh Nash, All Sons & Daughters, and interviews with Joy Ike, Brady Toops, and Rick Lee James about the importance of a grateful heart.

We are celebrating our 7th anniversary on-the-air by featuring some songs from our archives with special meaning to us, plus we hear heartfelt comments from Christa Wells, Christopher Williams, and a couple of UTR listeners.

One of the finest artisan songwriters today, Sara Groves, is our VIP guest of honor as we find out about the making of her 12th career album "Floodplain." We also hear listener requests for Josh Garrels, Sandra McCracken, & Sons of Korah.