Spread the good news: Kathy Mattea and company are coming to Athens for the holidays. The Grammy Award winner wraps her acoustic music roots around her favorite Christmas songs for a fresh and comforting take on the season. Showcasing Mattea’s warm and soulful vocals, beautiful new arrangements, and a stellar band of some of Nashville’s finest players, "A Winter Gathering" features well loved traditional tunes as well as selections from her 1993 Grammy Award winning album, Good News, her 2003 acclaimed Joy for Christmas Day, and her breakthrough recording of the iconic “Mary, Did You Know?”