A few weeks ago, I used this space to bemoan the fact that quote-unquote holiday music had begun to haunt the halls of my mind like some musical Marley’s ghost. “Bah! Be gone,” I said, “it’s too early.” It wasn’t even Thanksgiving, and yet the strains of carols old and new were already jingling and… Continue reading Why Doubt Your Senses? A Medley of New Music to Please the Holiday Spirits
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A Mixtape of New Music Yule Enjoy
Recently, my mother-in-law asked me if I had heard Mary Chapin Carpenter’s new CD, Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas, which features a mix of traditional and new songs. I hadn’t, and my initial reaction to the idea of it was anything but joyful. Normally, when it comes to carols, noels, hymns and other… Continue reading A Mixtape of New Music Yule Enjoy