If you're tired of hearing the same old Christmas songs ever year, blame the internet, the music industry and your parents. The likes of Mariah Carey's "All I want for Christmas is You", The Pogue's ...

Brenda Lee’s 1958 classic 'Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree' has re-entered Spotify’s Weekly Top Songs Global chart as the ...

That statistic isn’t true, but it’s just plausible enough that it could be. That’s only 25 times per holiday season. That’s what, one trip to Old Navy? Worse still, there are dozens of other songs ...

My in-depth exploration of all things Christmas music continues tonight with one of pop music’s laziest traditions – the Christmas cover song. A lot of bands and singers record holiday albums because ...

We’re in the time of year when the Billboard Hot 100 chart is ruled by Christmas songs. Specifically, there’s Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” and then a bunch of hits from the ’50s ...

Randy Travis will re-release his 1989 Christmas album An Old Time Christmas this holiday season, but with three never-before-released songs. Dropping on Nov. 19, An Old Time Christmas (Deluxe Edition) ...

Christmas music is a nostalgia trip. Generally speaking, pop music prizes novelty — fresh songs, surprising sounds, this week’s hit, the Next Big Thing. But once a year, a soundtrack that reaches back ...

For a few weeks every winter, popular music tumbles into a time warp. Old-school trumps cutting edge. Greatest Generation artists rule millennial playlists. A 27-year-old song leads the pop charts — ...

If any band is hardwired for tapping into a youthful holiday spirit, it’s the Old 97’s. The Texas cowpunks’ bratty insouciance could speak to the heart of any kid on Christmas morning, but their new ...

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