A northeast Phoenix neighborhood draws crowds each December with a dazzling display of lights set to Yuletide music, as four blocks come alive in a twinkling, synchronized spectacle. Steve Hoffman's ...

Fresh entries into the tradition include releases by Luke Bryan, Tyra Banks and Old Crow Medicine Show. By Jon Caramanica Jon Pareles and Lindsay Zoladz Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You ...

The group Pentatonix are known for their a capella renditions of Christmas classics. They used to start touring after Thanksgiving, but this year they kicked off on Nov. 8. “We’re like, ‘well, we ...

Some people are fans of Christmas music, but not when it shows up particularly early in the holiday season. Ariana Wyatt, a professor of voice and associate dean for outreach and engagement for the ...

ATLANTA — For years, Atlanta’s holiday soundtrack belonged to 104.7 The Fish, but after the station’s sale earlier this year, its iconic all-Christmas format went silent, leaving a festive void. Now, ...

Historically, sexy Christmas songs represented a particularly unhinged subgenre of holiday music, anchored by cringe classics like “Santa Baby” and the one where the kid catches his parents making out ...

With Mariah Carey and Wham! saturating airwaves with their holiday tunes, it’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. But if all you want for Christmas is a reprieve from stereotypical Christmas ...

We aren’t really sure why Christmas music is so controversial. Maybe it is its unrelenting ubiquity from Thanksgiving through the end of the year. It could be some of the overplayed, hideous songs ...

Christmas season is upon us, meaning that every mall and public place in the United States will be blasting the same playlist of Christmas music from now until the big day. Today, members of The Daily ...

As you’re doing your Christmas shopping in the Kansas City metro, be prepared to hear a lot of Mariah Carey and other artists with holiday classics. The beginning of December is usually when radio ...

Welcome to December, and it’s time for the Christmas music. Well, it’s been time, with many stores and venues already playing the carols and yuletide tunes since before Halloween. A colleague informed ...

It’s always fun to see big bands play NPR Music’s Tiny Desk concert series, as groups attempt to squeeze all their members into the small office. This week it’s the one and only David Byrne, whose ...