Is Christmas really the saddest day of the year? There’s a whole history of holiday music that explores what it’s like to be down-and-out during the season. Are you mourning absent family members?

When can you hear Christmas music on the radio? Some stations have already switched format for the holiday season. Radio Insight reports more than two dozen radio stations have started playing ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

The group Pentatonix are known for their a capella renditions of Christmas classics. They used to start touring after Thanksgiving, but this year they kicked off on Nov. 8. “We’re like, ‘well, we ...

At the height of her career, Mariah Carey took a risk by releasing a holiday song. Given what we know about the singer who has dubbed herself "Queen of Christmas," and the ubiquity of the seasonal hit ...

ATLANTA — For years, Atlanta’s holiday soundtrack belonged to 104.7 The Fish, but after the station’s sale earlier this year, its iconic all-Christmas format went silent, leaving a festive void. Now, ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with Christmas upon us again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it. There's nothing that brings the world together more than sharing opinions ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Jumping on the sleigh once owned by the now-defunct Christian pop station Fish 104.7, secular dance pop station Star 94 has decided to play only Christmas music through Christmas Day. This is familiar ...