There's more to Christmas music than Mariah and Bing
DJ Robert Drake of WXPN walks us through the strange and wonderful world of Christmas music.
Christmas songs
Ukrainians sing 'Carol of the Bells' at Carnegie Hall, 100 years after its U.S. debut
A Ukrainian chorus first performed Shchedryk in the U.S. in 1922. A century later, during another fight for freedom, Ukrainian singers performed the folk song at the site of its North American debut.
In Pandemic, The Most Wonderful Time For Christmas Songs Turned Out To Be ... In July
Stations have been playing Christmas music earlier than ever this year, as a way of luring in listeners during the pandemic. One Indiana station was doing it in July.
Why Are There No New Christmas Songs?
Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is back at the top of the chart a quarter century after it was first released. So why haven't there been any lasting Christmas songs to take its place?
'Baby, It's Cold Outside,' Seen As Sexist, Frozen Out By Radio Stations
Programmers have banned the song after fielding listener complaints that the song is offensive, only to face a backlash against that decision.
How That Holiday Song Becomes An Inescapable Earworm
There's a reason why certain songs get stuck in our brains, scientists say. They interrupt the musical patterns we expect with surprises that we can't help but notice.