The change has been driven by technology. In the pre-streaming era, consumers would play Christmas music through CDs and records or catch tunes on the radio during the winter months. But the rise of ...

From Chuck Berry, to Kylie Minogue, to Lower Merion's own Lizzy McAlpine. Our pop music critic builds you a playlist for the season.

It’s hard not to like this song. The message is simple: Come on in, stay a while, and have a great time. Chestnuts, eggnog, ...

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Written for sleigh rides, sung at Thanksgiving, and later claimed by Christmas, the world’s most festive tune has a surprisingly un-festive past.

There comes a point every festive season when it suddenly dawns on you that if you hear the same old Christmas songs one more ...

The depth and breadth of the international Christmas songbook continues to astound. This year I’m adding a dozen new tracks, and they’re all over the place genre-wise – soul, punk, country, doo-wop, ...

DMC’s Queens classic to De La Soul’s subversive storytelling, to "Trap Christmas"...rap has always celebrated the holidays on its own terms.

Fa-la-la-la-la, Christmas is here! There are a lot of ways to get into the holiday spirit: You can decorate a tree, bake Christmas cookies, exchange gifts at a white elephant party—the list goes on.

I'm not a big fan of Christmas music, so I was happy to learn about and then listen to "enigmatic frontman and eclectic curator" David Byrne's recently posted playlist, "Christmas Music for People Who ...