Lo, I hear from afar, five Yule-time CDs calling your name. They're a tad out of the mainstream, so chances are you don't already own them, but you'll wish you did. Don't believe me? How about "Deck ...

Christmas albums can accomplish anything, in theory. They can reinvigorate the careers of those who attempt them. (Though they usually don't.) They can launch new classics into the world. (This hasn't ...

It seems as if every artist has done a holiday record at some point in their career. Each year brings a new batch of Christmas albums, some recorded to cash in on a hot new fad, some crafted with ...

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 ...

It’s time to dust off those Christmas CDs or switch that holiday playlist on your Spotify, because it is true what they say: the classics never go out of style. But this year, you’re getting some new ...

The time for holiday shopping is upon us! And whether you’re running from store to store or snuggled up on the couch scrolling like the wind, there’s a good chance you’re listening to some holiday ...

The most popular record shop in town this Christmas season might be the one with the smallest inventory. Rochester radio station KNXR, that bastion of easy-listening music for the past 42 years, is ...

Christmas music is a mixed gift bag. For every genuine gem, there are four overwrought renditions of already-tired classics. The sincerity of holiday albums has been replaced by major labels' desire ...

Colours of Christmas Bragernes Kirkes Ungdomskor/Beate Strømme Fevang (Classics) I had to look up Bragernes on a map, this church located in the south-eastern Norwegian city of Dramm. The all-female ...

Halloween is over, so it’s officially time to break out the eggnog and dust off those Christmas CDs. At least that’s the rule for Clay Aiken, the “American Idol” runner-up whose new album “Christmas ...

The other day a man who acted on last year's Rifftides recommendation of Carla Bley's Carla's Christmas Carols let me know that he was disappointed in the album. Indeed, he was offended by it. In the ...