Suffused With Beauty
Nancy Lamott and beauty were on intimate terms. It radiated from her warm personality, resonated in her tender…
Tales of Two Carols
Origin stories: 'In the Bleak Midwinter' and 'Angels We Have Heard on High'
Hag Saw It All Coming
Originally issued on Capitol in 1973 as Merle Haggard's Christmas Present: Something Old, Something New, Merle Haggard's Christmas…
From The Inkwell: An Animated Christmas
Four DVDs, five timeless holiday shows worthy for inclusion in any Christmas video collection. Stories well told, with…
Timeless Enya, for All Seasons
Irish enchantress Enya has offered not a Christmas album, but rather an album-length meditation on the Yuletide season,…
‘Zat You, Santa Claus?
Brian Setzer puts on his cat clothes and rocks the yule again...and again, putting his indelible stamp on…
Strictly Coolsville
A trio of brilliant holiday albums bearing title variations of WONDERLAND rank with the essential anthologies of seasonal…
A Christmas Classic For A Nuclear Armageddon
A seasonal classic born of an interfaith couple’s mutual concern for the fate of the world during the…
The Coolest Yule
The Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet's first seasonal outpouring, FOOLS FOR YULE, offers some bracing surprises in its mix…
Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That String!
Canada's THE SULTANS OF STRING and their guests put a new spin on the spirit of the season,…