The Soft, The Warm, The Syncopated Yule
A trifecta of outstanding stocking stuffers for this--and every--Yuletide season: AMBER WEEKES's THE GATHERING; ROBERT PRESTA & ADRIANA…
Robert Hugill’s Classical Christmas Evergreens
ROBERT HUGILL'S CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS is a collection of must-read reviews of Classical Yuletide fare, from choral works to…
Ho-Ho-Ho, Who Wouldn’t Go?
IVY FORD offers a delightful holiday treat in HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2020, her EP featuring five tasty Christmas carols…
The Deep Roots Yuletide Baedeker 2020
Welcome back our CHRISTMAS BAEDEKER, the all-inclusive guide to the best in holiday fare, from movies to cartoons…
More Than Holly Leaves and Christmas Trees
TOM MASON's third Yuletide album, UNDER A MISTLETOE SKY, offers a fine option with which to make Christmas…
‘A Wonderfully Grand Way to Hear the Familiar Carols’
For choral music lovers, two beautiful Christmas albums from British sources: CHRISTMAS FROM WORCESTER BY THE WORCESTER CATHEDRAL…
The Man With All the Toys
Updated for Yuletide 2020, BRIAN SETZER's 2015 holiday gem, ROCKIN' RUDOLPH, shows off the master showman and ace…
A Bluer Shade of Christmas
An update of our 2019 review of four essential Christmas blues anthologies: Volumes 1-3 of BLUES, BLUES CHRISTMAS…
Our Christmas Best to You
An unassuming tape from the late '80s, sent as a holiday gift to media friends by what its…
‘How Inexpressibly Sad Are All Holidays’
1863. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW's wife had died in a fire, his son had been seriously wounded in the…