Some of us prefer our Christmas music on the pensive side, with wistful lyrics about dusky snowfalls and memories. It’s not joy being sought, but permission to wallow in nostalgia. Others relish the ...

Singer-songwriter and Talking Heads frontman David Byrne tends to skip holiday gift exchanges, but he's making an exception this year for an old friend from Santa Fe whom he plans to visit over the ...

Few things can get you more in a holiday spirit than listening to some Christmas songs, whether they're catchy pop hits or heartfelt ballads. And there's nothing that better invokes wintertime ...

Whether you're safely home alone, or socially distanced with family or friends, this is a most unusual holiday. So, for Christmas week, Eve and Day, enjoy a most unusual holiday music playlist. "Are ...

Christmas is one of the largest American holidays, which might sound like a no-brainer to most, but the holiday season starts directly after Halloween and leads up to the Christmas holiday. It is a ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. It’s becoming a FRESH AIR tradition that for Christmas, we ask someone who’s deep into music and whose work we love to choose some of their favorite Christmas ...