Landing on an original perennial holiday hit can be like hitting the jackpot in more ways than one: “For us producers and songwriters, they call a Christmas album a 401(k).” Illustration: Carolyn ...

When Freddie Mercury decided his band Queen would record a Christmas song, he gave Jim Lea a call. “He was a very shy chap,” the bassist and songwriter of English band Slade recalls. “He said, ‘I’m ...

On his latest release, Mark Tremonti Christmas Classics New & Old, Mark Tremonti not only puts his spin on well-known and beloved holiday songs, but he also submits his own work into the sacred canon ...

The singer filed for divorce from Brandon Blackstock in June 2020. Kelly Clarkson is getting real this Christmas. During her televised NBC special, When Christmas Comes Around, the mother of two ...

“This dream of mine to write Christmas music was something that I literally had in my spirit and in my heart, since I was a child,” Elizabeth Chan, a songwriter known for her catalog of Christmas ...

Writing a Christmas made-for-TV movie may seem formulaic, but there’s no real checklist to follow. Successful writers in the genre say there are some standard practices to keep in mind, however, about ...

The co-writer and co-producer of one of the all-time great Christmas songs – Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” — can only go “ho, ho, ho” when he hears her tell the tale of how the song ...

Neil Diamond is a Jewish songwriter, but he’s always loved Christmas music. He said that he found a lot of joy in Christmas music as a young boy, as it wasn’t part of his annual holiday celebration.

Yeah, that’s right. AI is rubbish at Christmas. Bah, humbug to you and your gibberish, ChatGPT. There I was listening on the radio with yet another year of Christmas ker-ching for all the regulars ...