The best Christmas song to blast your eardrums out to. "Carol of the Bells" is the most epic — and maybe kinda creepy? — ...

Released as a 78 B-side ("Lost in the Night" was on the A-side), "Merry Christmas, Baby" has become a timeless holiday ...

In this archival photo from Dec. 16, 2020, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine plays the harmonica with then-Sen. Lamar Alexander of ...

Each year I’m devastated anew by Vince Guaraldi’s maudlin piano plinking softly under the opening line of “A Charlie Brown ...

NPR Music's Felix Contreras presents some of the stand out performances of beloved holiday tradition, celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Many classic Christmas songs have remarkable Cincinnati connections, from Andy Williams to the composer behind the Grinch.

If you’re looking to make your own not-totally-awful holiday playlist or add new songs to an established one, here are a few ...

Some songs turn a Christmas dinner into an intimate moment. These classic melodies enhance the atmosphere without ...

However, a few years later Carey’s story of how the song came about seemed to contradict this. In a 2017 interview with ...

To celebrate the holidays, we’re looking back at four archive Fresh Air interviews discussing popular Christmas songs: First, jazz singer Mel Torme tells Terry Gross about co-writing “The Christmas ...

Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers popularised a song that was covered by singers ranging from James Brown to Bruce Springsteen ...

The station’s annual holiday show also thrilled fans with Social Distortion, Papa Roach, the All-American Rejects and more.