Is Christmas really the saddest day of the year? There’s a whole history of holiday music that explores what it’s like to be down-and-out during the season. Are you mourning absent family members?

I put it on a little holiday CD that I sold at my shows. So, I was surprised when I saw that I made Entertainment Weekly’s ‘100 Greatest Down-and-Out-on-Christmas Songs.’ I was number 10, right above ...

Possibly unpopular opinion: Christmas songs are great.

Oberst and the band deliver one of the finer Christmas songs you’ll ever hear and it deserves a spot on your festive playlist ... The late, great Poly Styrene, the former lead singer of X-Ray Spex and ...

Mariah Carey performs one of her greatest hits onstage for "Merry ... as 20 Billboard Music Awards and 19 World Music Awards. With “All I Want for Christmas,” she set a record in 2024 for ...

Country music's Christmas songs are like side dishes at your fancy holiday dinner. Most country fans reach for the standards, but a few will always prefer those specialty treats. Others you ...

Musicians have been creating original Christmas songs for years, but it’s rare they become classics or standards in the way “All I Want” has. She’s one of the greatest songwriters of all ...