Presenting seasonal favorites from long ago but with those jazzy swing arrangements (many by Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra members) spicing them up so that each and every renowned hit was reborn ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. More than a quarter century after his death, Frank Sinatra remains ...

Ah, the holidays are upon us. So special…so many memories. Gosh, I’ve written so many Christmas columns over the years I sometimes worry that I’ll run out of ideas or unintentionally repeat something ...

Rap and Christmas have been intertwined since the former began. Kurtis Blow’s “Christmas Rappin’,” a rhymed update of “A Visit From St. Nicholas” (better known as “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”) ...

The Merrimack Valley Ringers will perform a holiday concert on Dec. 14 at the Worcester Art Museum. The community handbell ensemble also has shows upcoming in Shrewsbury and Leominster as part of its ...

New England, N.D. — The sunshine streaming through the south windows of St. Mary’s Catholic Church formed a natural spotlight Sunday afternoon during "Christmas in New England VIII" — a selection of ...

Fired MSNBC host Joy Reid played Grinch on social media this week, sharing a video claiming beloved Christmas anthem “Jingle Bells” was written “to make fun of black people.” In the video she shared ...

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid took issue with a popular Christmas carol, reposting a video that describes the beloved tune as racist. The now-viral clip has renewed scrutiny of the carol’s past, as the ...

“Jingle Bells” is one of the most familiar holiday songs in America—played in stores, remixed by hip-hop pioneers, and sung by kids who may not know it wasn’t even written as a Christmas song. However ...

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Former MSNBC host Joy Reid has shared a video to her social media which claimed to reveal the racist background of the much-loved Christmas tune Jingle Bells as a blackface minstrel tune mocking ...