We are bringing a string quartet, a band, and singers,” said Emmy-winning Earnest Pugh about his Christmas Tour.

Elton John and Brandi Carlile released their Grammy-nominated joint album, Who Believe In Angels?, in 2025, but 2026 may ...

New Christmas albums—from Mickey Guyton and Eric Benét to Roberta Flack and vintage holiday reissues worth revisiting.

Ben Folds is the rare artist to bring a satisfying and original take on Christmas music, as he did on a December tour.

Black artists have contributed to the most vital Christmas music of our time through soulful classics and energetic R&B ...

Songs from the soundtrack to ‘Oh. What. Fun.’, new holiday albums by Mickey Guyton, Old Crow Medicine Show, Brad Paisley ...

For more than 70 years, the greatest musicians in the world have been recording Christmas songs. Here are our picks for the ...

Elizabeth Chan talks about her 15th consecutive holiday release, 'Christmas Unhinged,' which reflects getting divorced and reembracing single life.

More than 60 years later, Elvis Presley’s 1957 Christmas album is still the best-selling holiday record ever made.

Released 46 years ago, Paul McCartney’s Wonderful Christmastime became a modern holiday staple played every Christmas season.

To skirt the now-grating classics and AI slop, we’ve compiled a playlist of tunes spanning folk, R&B, and alt-rock, all from ...

As both a music critic and a seasonal fanatic who writes my own Christmas-themed newsletter, here are a half dozen essentials.