A Music Box Christmas: Enchanting 19th-Century Music Boxes from the Collection of Rita Ford
The fantastic thing about recording technology is that it allows us to travel in time.
Louvin Brothers – Christmas With The Louvin Brothers
The album Christmas With The Louvin Brothers surely must have sounded incredibly old-fashioned in 1961.
The Carpenters – Christmas Portrait
Richard Carpenter and Karen Carpenter of the Carpenters were born in 1946 and 1950 respectively. In the mid-fifties they were no more than 10 and 6 years old.
Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Charlie Brown Christmas
Frank Sinatra, infamously, once asked composer Hugh Martin to “jolly up” the lyrics to “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”.
Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song
Nat King Cole, perhaps the greatest popular music voice of the 20th century, was a heavy smoker.
Burl Ives – Christmas Day In The Morning
Say the name Burl Ives and mention Christmas and the association will often run to a jolly old man persona, singing “Holly Jolly Christmas” slathered in lavish orchestr
Mark Kozelek – Sings Christmas Carols
One of the marvellous things about Christmas records is the way they keep up folk traditions.
Jermaine Dupri Presents the 12 Soulful Nights of Christmas
December 21st, and something just ain’t right See just the other day me and my baby had a fight The cheerfulness and happy memories that sit at the heart of Christmas makes i
Odetta – Christmas Spirituals
Odetta is an artist whose career really thumbs its nose to all cultural essentialists out there.
Stan Kenton – A Merry Christmas!
Stan Kenton was not just one of the biggest big band leaders in jazz history. In a particular way, he was pretty much the biggest – that is, in terms of band size.