Lenten music and hymnody aim to lift us up and call us back to the two primary themes of this season of preparation for ...

From “Silent Night” to “Jingle Bells,” Christmas carols are some of the most familiar songs of the season, and some of the oldest. Stephanie Sy explores why most popular music changes with time, but ...

As we learn from the surprising journeys of several holiday classics, the term defies easy definition. One Christmas I found myself on London’s Oxford Street, admiring the twinkly decorations and ...

This is the second article in a 3-part series titled "A Brief History of Holiday Music." Read the first part, covering the earliest music through the 1700s, here. When Prince Albert married the ...

Many Catholic Advent hymns focus on the role of Mary, the mother of Jesus, such as “Rorate Caeli (Drop down, ye Heavens.” In recent years, Brett McCraken of The Gospel Coalition network has created ...