This album will always be defined by its lead-off moment, as the Temptations take a kid’s song and transform it into a funked-out Yuletide hoot.

Ross Boissoneau digs into new seasonal sounds from Gregory Porter, Samara Joy, John Paul McGee, Kings Return and others.

Vince Guaraldi’s ‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’ is a soundtrack for serious jazz heads and fusion heads, as much as it’s for the fans of the popular ‘Peanuts’ television specials.

He departed much too early, but fortunately Donny Hathaway left us with several memorable songs – including this one.

Ross Boissoneau digs into 2022’s seasonal sounds from Chris Isaak, Joss Stone, Backstreet Boys, Andrea Bocelli, Lindsey Stirling and others.

Here is a light-hearted new Christmas ditty from the 1957 Tail-Fin Fiasco, based on a John Hughes short story that gave rise to the classic film ‘Christmas Vacation.’

Fun, convincing and powerful, Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas make Halloween – or at least Halloween-inspired music – bearable for me.

The deeply underrated Nancy Wilson nails the sense of hopeful anxiety that surrounds Dec. 31 every year.

Asked to pick five favorite Yuletide songs (and only five), our panel of holly-jolly musical enthusiasts offered some occasionally offbeat suggestions.

Dan Markell’s latest single conveys holiday greetings to family and friends across the miles.