Merry Christmas Radio

It’s no secret that when holiday music hits radio, you’re going to hear way more songs about Christmas than Chanukah. With Christmas, you get a bevy of classics like ‘White Christmas,’ ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town,’ ‘Jingle Bells’ and on and on. With Chanukah, you’re lucky if you hear more than ‘The Dreidel [...]

After nearly two decades writing and recording some of her generation’s most emotionally powerful music, Tori Amos will release her first seasonal album, Midwinter Graces, on November 10 via Universal Republic. A follow up to Tori’s critically acclaimed studio album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, Midwinter Graces will find Tori reworking and expanding on classic [...]

An artwork which will be featured on the front cover of David Archuleta’s upcoming Christmas set “Christmas from the Heart” has been unveiled. Set to be put out for U.S. purchase on October 13, the album has been made available for pre-order on digital retails.
“Christmas from the Heart” is David’s second studio album [...]

We’re trying to warn you here — Amazon’s UK site has clips from Bob Dylan’s soon-to-be-released Christmas album. Run away — far, far away — as fast as you can. Warn your friends. Just stay home by the fire and think frosty thoughts as you sip from that mug of whatever. Just don’t go [...]

Concord Records caps a year in which it reissued many of Ray Charles’ classic albums (Genius: The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, A Message From the People and The Genius Hits the Road) with the artist’s only Christmas album of his entire career, The Spirit of Christmas. Concord’s [...]

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Concord Records’ upcoming release Christmas With Sinatra & Friends, features both classic and rare holiday songs by some of America’s most treasured vocalists including Mel Tormé, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Ray Charles, Betty Carter and of course Sinatra himself singing eight of the collection’s 12 songs, licensed from Frank Sinatra [...]

Rob Halford, the iconic lead singer of the pioneering heavy metal outfit Judas Priest, will be releasing his first ever holiday album on October 26th via his own Metal God Records.
Titled Halford III – Winter Songs, the singer’s first solo album in more than seven years will not only feature Christmas favorites like [...]