Holiday playlists change every year, but a handful of Christmas records from the 1950s and 1960s still feel like the season’s default soundtrack. These albums mix lush orchestration, crooner warmth, ...

Before Mariah Carey took possession of the holiday airwaves with “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” songs by the great American songwriters dominated the Christmas season. Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, ...

Mark Tremonti, “Christmas Classics New & Old” (Janus Music Management): The Creed and Alter Bridge guitarist has surprised us during the past year with his love for Frank Sinatra -- and how capable he ...

Every December, the world turns into a giant snow globe, holiday albums suddenly hold more power than politicians, setting moods, and creating memories. And the list below not just shaped the culture ...

WILLIAMSBURG — Brett and Jeff Cahoon began as punk rockers jamming in their parents’ garage in Gloucester, but they have spent the past 13 years jazzing up audiences with their high-octane swing band, ...

We aren’t really sure why Christmas music is so controversial. Maybe it is its unrelenting ubiquity from Thanksgiving through the end of the year. It could be some of the overplayed, hideous songs ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As a genre, Christmas music is more than just the classics. As a true connoisseur of the season and a fanatic who writes my own Christmas-themed newsletter, ...

Some Christmas records do more than soundtrack the season, they reset the whole mood the second the needle drops. The ’50s and ’60s were packed with those kinds of albums, and plenty of them still ...