It was certainly worth the drive from Cedar Falls to Iowa City for Christopher Vuk. After starting with the Suzuki School as ...

After starting with the Suzuki School as a preteen in Cedar Falls, Vuk graduated to Iowa City’s renown Preucil School of Music. Director Emerita Doris Preucil taught Vuk the violin, and her ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with the holiday season back once again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it. There’s nothing that brings the world together more ...

"Jingle Bells" began as a popular 19th-century parlor song with a colorful past. In many versions, the Christmas theme is ...

with “Blue Christmas” as a hallmark of his uncanny musical ability to channel emotion into every note. Released in 1957, the song captures the melancholy side of the holiday season ...

It has been a staple of the Christmas season for more than 150 years, and dozens of artists, including Michael Bublé, Dolly Parton, and William Shatner, have recorded versions of the tune. The song is ...

For the second week in a row, the Top 10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 are packed with holiday perennials ... and Kendrick Lamar. With Christmas songs filling the entire Top 5 — and Mariah ...

Our 15 favorite modern Christmas songs are listed below, in chronological order of release. "8 Days of Christmas" by Destiny's Child "8 Days of Christmas" was released as the lead single from ...

Modern Christmas songs are gaining popularity alongside classic holiday tracks. Artists may be motivated by the seasonal streaming boost for holiday music. Our 15 favorites include hits by Justin ...

Artists across all genres tend to release Christmas music every year. Sometimes, they compose new original songs for the holiday season. Others choose to put new spins on Yuletide classics.

Hip-hop may be associated more with brags and bling than goodwill and giving, but the best Christmas hip-hop and R&B songs are gifts that keep on giving. “Let it snow” might mean something ...