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Lydia Salnikova, "Christmas Means a Different Thing This Year" (2024): One Track Mind

Lydia Salnikova, “Christmas Means a Different Thing This Year” (2024): One Track Mind

Christmas is a joyful time of the year but there’s melancholy running through Lydia Salnikova’s heartfelt yuletide song “Christmas Means a Different Thing This Year.”

The Five Must-Have Songs For Your Halloween Playlist

The Five Must-Have Songs For Your Halloween Playlist

Stuck for a Halloween playlist to help while away the minutes between tonight’s zombie apocalypses? Start here.

How Rudolph Stole the Show on 'The Temptations Christmas Card'

How Rudolph Stole the Show on ‘The Temptations Christmas Card’

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.

Gregory Porter, Samara Joy, John Paul McGee + Others: 2023's Seasonal Sounds

Gregory Porter, Samara Joy, John Paul McGee + Others: 2023’s Seasonal Sounds

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

Vince Guaraldi - 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' (2023)

Vince Guaraldi – ‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’ (2023)

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.

Why Donny Hathaway's 'This Christmas' Stands Apart From Other Yuletide Songs

Why Donny Hathaway’s ‘This Christmas’ Stands Apart From Other Yuletide Songs

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

Chris Isaak, Joss Stone, Andrea Bocelli, Backstreet Boys + Others: 2022's Seasonal Sounds

Chris Isaak, Joss Stone, Andrea Bocelli, Backstreet Boys + Others: 2022’s Seasonal Sounds

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

The 1957 Tail-Fin Fiasco, "Christmas '57" (2022): One Track Mind

The 1957 Tail-Fin Fiasco, “Christmas ’57” (2022): One Track Mind

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.’

Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas, "The House is Haunted" (2022): One Track Mind

Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas, “The House is Haunted” (2022): One Track Mind

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

Nancy Wilson, "What Are You Doing New Year's?" (1963): One Track Mind

Nancy Wilson, “What Are You Doing New Year’s?” (1963): One Track Mind

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