Small Town Christmas is the 2023 holiday duet from award-winning Illinois country band River Road Trio featuring up-and-coming Nashville Country artist Bryan Ruby. The single was released over all platforms on Friday November 24, 2023.

About The Artists: 

River Road Trio is an Illinois country band that formed in 2011. RRT consists of members Terry Carter, Jonelle Carter and Kyle Ripsch. Their musical style relies heavily on three-part vocal harmonies, with all three members alternating as lead vocalists, piano and guitar. 

River Road began playing cover shows locally in Illinois which eventually evolved into incorporating original music after the release of their first album Unloaded in 2017. Following Unloaded, singles I Still Do, This Town, Freedom Of Love and many more would land RRT on the airways and major TV networks such as NBC, FOX news Nebraska, Good Day Tulsa and  WGN Chicago to name a few. Around this same time the band started to play music across the united states while keeping a full time schedule locally as well. In 2019 the band would find success overseas when their song “Anymore” became a line dance hit in countries like France, Germany and Austria. In 2021 Anymore would go on to top the line dance charts in Austria staying in the number one slot for over two weeks. In early 2022 the band's single Freedom Of Love received a midwest country music awards nomination for video of the year. River Road Trio continues to wow audiences across the United States along with the Chicago area and Central Illinois. 

BRYAN RUBY is a rising country music artist and trailblazing professional baseball player based in Nashville, Tennessee. As a songwriter, Bryan has penned songs that have appeared on the Texas Country Top 50 chart and the iTunes Country Top 25 (#16), and songs he has written have been featured on both Huffington Post and People Magazine. As an artist, Bryan won Season 7 of the talent-search competition Nashville Rising Song, and released his debut single“Left Field” in June 2022. The song was featured on The TODAY Show and added to rotation on SiriusXM Country Pride, as well as the Academy of Country Music's Ultimate Pride Playlist.

With rich vocals and authentic storytelling on follow-up singles “Two For The Road” (August ‘22), “The Standouts” (October ‘22), “Christmas With You” (November ‘22), “Baseball Country” (March ‘23), and “The Standouts (Heroes Version)” feat. Ty Herndon (June ‘23), “Bryan’s introspective and relatable storytelling‘ (The Nash News) and “expressive baritone” (Music Row Magazine) give him a unique calling card in the up-and-coming Nashville country scene.

For all inquiries, reach out to Becky Parsons at becky@foundsoundmedia.agency

©River Road Trio and Bryan Ruby 2023

Small Town Christmas

Someone Who Comes Back

Dive Bar Beauty Queen

Kick Rocks Cowboy

Momma Don’t Pray Like She Used To

Homecoming

Sunshine

Like You Used To

Scraps

Cheatin' On My Honky Tonk (feat. Braxton Keith)

Woman In The Mirror

Hometown growing to a place I don’t recognize any more.

Hometown gone city

Bryan Ruby is a rising country music artist, John Lennon International Songwriting Prize finalist and winner of Season 7 of the talent-search competition ‘Nashville Rising Song’. Ruby has captivated listeners with rich vocals and authentic storytelling on his summer 2025 EP ‘Growing Season’, planting roots deep in the country landscape - and the genre - on a project poised to “find his voice” The Tennessean. With recent features in Billboard, USA Today, NBC's The TODAY Show, CBS, Yahoo, The Boot, Wide Open Country, All Country News, Saving Country Music, and People Magazine, Ruby’s songs have been added to rotation on SiriusXM Country Pride and major playlists including Spotify's All New Country, Amazon's Pride Country, and ACM Fresh Music Friday. The Nash News praises his “introspective and relatable storytelling,” while MusicRow Magazine highlights his “expressive baritone,” and The Nashville Scene notes his “honey-bourbon voice that was destined for country music.”

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Small Town Christmas

Bryan Ruby

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