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 than ...

Songs like “White Christmas” and “All I Want for Christmas Is You” have been popular for decades, but music scholars and industry experts note that there isn’t just one formula behind ...

Norah Jones: ‘Christmas Calling (Jolly Jones)‘ I’m still not sure why Jones’ excellent 2021 “I Dream Of Christmas” has never received the love it deserves, but if you’re looking for ...

2. Carol of the Bells. To be played at a lively pace (around 180 crotchet beats per minute), this mesmerising Ukrainian carol found its fame in the popular Christmas movie Home Alone, but has been ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2021. We are republishing it as part of our holiday coverage. Christmas music is everywhere this time of year. And we know you can't get ...

Christmas music is a big part of the music industry. John Yang speaks with Nate Sloan, an assistant professor of musicology at the USC Thornton School of Music and co-host of the podcast Switched ...

To counteract that desire for order, he composed music that contained intervals played at the smallest distance we can hear as separate notes. So instead of pairing a 200-hertz note with a 400-hertz ...