Research has shown that music affects nearly all parts of the brain, including the areas that deal with memory and emotion. Still, holiday music does seem unique in its ability to tap our nostalgia ...

· Singer-songwriter, Jesabel, is not your norm storybook musician. Only in the depths of losing herself as a new mom, did she find her way to music at the ripe age of 27. And by find, we mean actually ...

Popular streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music offer curated holiday playlists, while SiriusXM features dedicated holiday channels, including a new one hosted by Jimmy Fallon. Free options ...

The last three months of the year are, for most, the busiest of the year. Between Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, the mood can be both stressful and joyful. One of the biggest debates of these ...

ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH CHOIR: (Singing) Christmas time is here. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Indeed, it is, and nothing sets the mood quite like the right Christmas song. Stephen Thompson of NPR Music is ...

Like the holiday season itself, the nostalgia that Christmas music evokes can be emotionally charged. By Derrick Bryson Taylor It’s been a little over one year since the Backstreet Boys released their ...

As expected, Go Country 105 (KKGO, 105.1 FM) is switching gears to become Your Christmas Destination once more, a competitor to perennial holiday music leader KOST (103.5 FM). The change was set to go ...

The holiday season is officially creeping in with the cold, and for some, Christmas trees are put up, and carols are sung all before the first Thanksgiving turkey is even carved. November is always ...

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It's back! All-day Christmas music makes its return Thursday to Chicago radio. Since a rare Halloween snowfall helped Chicagoans get in the mood for winter, the news of around-the-clock holiday music ...