Christmas comes early for music fans with a bounty of new holiday albums by fresh, familiar and surprising faces. "I just love the holidays so much," said Alison Sudol, aka A Fine Frenzy, who turned ...

Pick of my Christmas discs is this sublime collection from Trio Mediæval on the Norwegian audiophile label 2L, reflecting yuletide’s origins in Northern European pagan culture. Imaginative and ...

What? Not one compilation with Bing Crosby’s original “White Christmas”? That hasn’t happened in decades. But it’s a good thing, as Martha Stewart would say between batches of Christmas cookies, ...

Did you know Barry Manilow did a swingin’ Vegas version of the song “My Favorite Things”? Years ago in 2006, I sat at my Sony Vaio desktop computer and, thanks to iTunes and 99 cents a song, I ...

His voice sounds craggier than ever, but the rock ’n’ roll bard really gets into the holiday spirit on this album, crooning sentimental ballads ("I’ll Be Home For Christmas," "The Christmas Song," ...

The annual avalanche of Christmas music has arrived. This year’s assorted holiday listening flavors — including new recordings by Louisiana artists — are available as singles, EPs and albums, in ...

“Some people like Presidents Day. Other people like their birthday,” Ben Rector says matter-of-factly as if to offer a disclaimer for what he’s about to sing. “But me? I’m a Christmas man. And I’ll ...

Back when people actually bought albums, Christmas releases were reliable money-makers for popular acts: cheap to put together, with demand baked in by the season. The limited repertoire — Mariah ...

On Guam we know that an island Christmas has a feeling all its own, despite the cultural symbols around it focusing on regions with cold weather. We revel in this glorious transition to Fañomnåkan — ...