Angela Morley, her Orchestra and Chorus – Christmas by the Fireside
For decades, as late as the sixties and in some cases the seventies, the most popular radio stations in both the US and UK were dedicated to a genre that is practically unheard tod
Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawaii – Christmas Time
By 1978, the Hawaiʻian folk revival was slowly losing the immense, culturally impactful steam it had half a decade earlier.
Kate and Anna McGarrigle – The McGarrigle Christmas Hour
In the late 19th century, before radios and phonographs became ubiquitous, the music industry was dominated by sheet music publishers. There were two ways to hear new music.
Jessye Norman – Christmastide
The late, great Jessye Norman, who passed away in September this year at the age of 74, is far from the only opera singer to release a Christmas album.
Charles Brown – Charles Brown Sings Christmas Songs
Bells will be ringing at the start of Charles Brown’s soulful Sings Christmas Songs album. What follows is an unhurried collection of non-standard R&B Christmas tunes.
Considering the Classical
Christmas music has weaved its way through much of western music history like a red ribbon, keeping the light in dark winter months from medieval Christian sects to the shiniest ne
Jerry Barnes – The New Born King
Sometimes, it’s hard to imagine an album being released a different year than it came out, because it’s so much of its time.
Pia Raug & Steve Dobrogosz – Ind Under Jul
Pia Raug is a sensitive, warm Danish folk singer-songwriter, rooted in a thoroughly american-inspired 1970s tradition that approaches blues, country and pop with as much reverence
Pierre Cochereau – Improvise sur des Noëls
Whether strolling around stores or on your local seasonal radio station, it’s very likely that you’ll have heard easy listening Christmas music.