By L. Kent WolgamottLast Word Features Steven Curtis Chapman grappled with the dilemma facing every recording artist when he began to contemplate writing songs for his latest album, “Still”: in the ...

Here is a brief rundown of some coming entertainment options in Northeast Ohio. Make submissions for consideration via email to [email protected] or [email protected]. You ...

Some of us prefer our Christmas music on the pensive side, with wistful lyrics about dusky snowfalls and memories. We're not looking for joy, but permission to wallow in nostalgia. Others relish the ...

Christmas isn't always so merry for everyone. The holiday season can be a hard one for many people, especially since there's so much pressure to enjoy the magic of the big day. It's hard to get in the ...

Many of our favorite festive songs are typically chock-full of references to quintessential Christmas staples like roasting chestnuts and jingling bells. Many of our favorite Christmas carols, ...

If I may defer, however briefly, to the wisdom of the late Tom Petty, “Well, it’s Christmas all over again.”And for a lot of people, that means listening to the same old Christmas records all over ...

You know Dasher and Dancer and Pran … ugh, you know the rest of it. Yes, Virginia, while there is a Santa Claus, the music of the Christmas season can make you shift from having the feels to the ...

Ho, ho, hello! 'Tis the season to be jolly, get the garlands up on the walls, break out the winter jackets, get the hot chocolate brewing, and put that holiday playlist on "shuffle and repeat." ...

The article presents a subjective ranking of the 40 greatest Christmas songs, spanning multiple genres and decades. Many classic Christmas songs from the 1950s and 1960s remain popular today, often ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year — “with the kids jingle belling and everyone telling you be of good cheer,” as the late Andy Williams so memorably sang on a seasonal favorite first recorded ...

I was listening to Mitch Benn’s We Know A Song About That, Don’t We? podcast recently, where he pointed out that his ever-expanding Christmas Album is now over 30 tracks long, with none of them cover ...

We might be a little biased, but Billboard firmly believes music is the best part of the holiday season every year. That includes songs from all time periods, and certainly some of the Christmas canon ...