On the final episode of Hark! this season, prepare yourselves for a wee bit of scandal because we’re looking at a tune that began as a bawdy love song and has long been associated with an evil monarch ...

Christmas may be on Dec. 25, but Christmas music begins playing at stores and restaurants well before to spark holiday cheer. But several of the songs that are supposed to lift people’s spirits ...

There’s something truly magical about a classic Christmas song and its ability to fill a person with the Christmas spirit, conjure memories of the kind of holiday you’re meant to dream of when Bing ...

Artists across all genres tend to release Christmas music every year. Sometimes, they compose new original songs for the holiday season. Others choose to put new spins on Yuletide classics. However, ...

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Josh Groban, who's appearing on Little Big Town's Christmas at the Opry on NBC, has lent his majestic voice to a number of holiday classics over the years. His 2007 album is a perennial yuletide ...

Christmas music is a big part of the music industry. John Yang speaks with Nate Sloan, an assistant professor of musicology at the USC Thornton School of Music and co-host of the podcast Switched On ...

Some Christmas music is classic; some is cringe-worthy. Today we celebrate the latter. This is the music you play when you want your guests to leave. Indeed, it is, and nothing sets the mood quite ...

You know Dasher and Dancer and Pran … ugh, you know the rest of it. Yes, Virginia, while there is a Santa Claus, the music of the Christmas season can make you shift from having the feels to the ...