‘Tis the season… of hearing the same handful of bombastically jaunty Christmas songs on repeat each time you enter a public space. Willingly or not, you can probably sing every word to Mariah ...

Merlyn Salvadi, a well-known gospel singer, has been reviving old folk Christmas carols by giving them a modern twist for a long time now. Garnering appreciation from people, she has also toured ...

Merlyn Salvadi, a well-known gospel singer, has been reviving old folk Christmas carols by ... with her team to spread the joy of Christmas through songs. “It was a great time caroling this ...

There was a tradition in Bavaria and Austria that church organists would compose folk songs for Midnight Mass. So it was that, on Christmas Eve 1818, Joseph Franz Mohr, who was then the pastor of St ...

Bob Dylan fans have been puzzled and troubled by his Christmas album ever since he released it in 2009. To help figure out what Dylan was doing, we turn to Sean Wilentz. He’s the official ...

an iconic group opened the door to mainstream folk success for Dylan and his contemporaries. And at the height of their popularity, they also released an unexpected Christmas album. But instead of ...

Range, energy and appropriation Other songs include delicate folk (All Through the Night ), traditional rounds (A Round About Christmas ), historical carols (Sing We Noel ) and uncharacteristic ...

These punk rock Christmas albums might be what you need to breathe some fresh life into your holiday soundtrack. Fans know The Vandals for their humor. When other punk bands were focusing on ...

Sometimes, time-tested folk traditions infiltrate the most widely-acclaimed albums of the year, and other times, they exist more in the margins, mostly to be consumed by devotees and true believers.

The parish Folk Group entertained the packed church with songs such as Sound of Silence, made famous by Simon and Garfunkel followed, by the Christmas classic, Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth by Bing ...