Armed with their suggestions and my own Christmas playlists from years past, I present, “Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal,” a Spotify playlist of 50 Christmas songs that you (probably) are ...

Billboard's staff picks the 100 greatest Christmas songs for this ... The things that make Christmas songs great — whether carols, old pop standards or newer enduring hits — are most of the ...

For the past four years, JT Griffith has been OPB’s guide to the niche genre of holiday music. He spoke with “All Things Considered” host Crystal Ligori about being on the hunt for Christmas ...

The Old 97′s probably won’t dislodge Mariah Carey from the Christmas-music throne anytime soon. But the Dallas band has become an unlikely yuletide force this year, landing two holiday songs ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here are some Maine-made Christmas tunes to fill your ears with holiday cheer, and the all-important sense of melancholy, because a sad holiday song has its place in the world too.

For Christmas music, Belfi agrees that our love for it all comes back to nostalgia. “I think that a lot of the reason why people love Christmas music is more about those associations than the ...

That truism came to mind the other day when I heard Mannheim Steamroller’s "Carol of the Bells" – the galvanizing century-old Christmas song.

The song, off the only Christmas Album Alexander O'Neal, is one of the best old black Christmas songs. O'Neal's voice makes this song a fantastic holiday treat. 22.

Old carols are fine, but I love Christmas songs by bands I follow year-round. Here's why. Alex Rawls takes Christmas music to the people with 'guerrilla caroling' in New Orleans.

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 ...