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NEWS ABOUT: Christmas music

Christmas music stories: 5 news summaries
MUSIC REVIEW

 Bob Dylan's 
 Xmas Album 
 'Sort of Insane' 

Even so, the 'beloved iconoclast' puts together an interesting collection

Oct 26, 09 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the announcement of Bob Dylan’s Christmas in the Heart, “smirkers got smirkier”—you try picturing Dylan singing the lyric, “How’d ya like to hang a stocking on a great big coconut tree?” without smirking—but in the end, the collection is interesting,... More »

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entertainment • music • Bob Dylan • celebrity • Christmas • Christmas music • music review • Jay-ZTV • Christmas album

OPINION

 5 Best Songs You 
 Didn't Hear in 2008 

Esquire picks this year's best under-the-radar songs

Dec 11, 08 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Test your indie chops, courtesy of Esquire, which rounds up the five best tunes you probably didn’t hear this year:
  • “Jingle Bells,” Julian Koster: There's not a single bell in this holiday classic, just a harrowing singing saw.
  • “One Last Round,” Ron Sexsmith:
... More »

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Led Zeppelin • Christmas music • Jesus Christ • commentary • Ron Sexsmith • Elbow • Best of 2008

HOLIDAY MUSIC GUIDE

Ditch the Bells, It's Time
for a New Jingle

Chronicle compiles list of reworked holiday faves

Dec 7, 08 7:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Chestnuts may still be roasting on an open fire, but that doesn’t mean you can’t refresh your Christmas playlist. The San Francisco Chronicle compiles a list of new twists on old favorites to help you give the jingle bells a rest:
  • Sufjan Stevens, "That Was the
... More »

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James Brown • Pretenders • Christmas • Christmas music • Tony Bennett • Marvin Gaye • holiday season

Video Spoofs Jews on Christmas

Baltimore teacher strikes a chord with song about Chinese food

Dec 18, 07 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - A band teacher at a Baltimore yeshiva is the latest YouTube celebrity thanks to his holiday spoof on the Jewish dilemma of what to do on Christmas. His video, "Chinese Food on Christmas," in which a rock band of faux Hasidic Jews jams for fellow members of the... More »

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Judaism • Christmas • Christmas music • Brandon Walker • Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School • Owings Mills • Chinese food

Christmas Carol Arms Race Hits Chicago Radio

Stations compete to kick off holiday programming earlier and earlier

Nov 2, 07 3:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apparently not content to subject listeners to "The Little Drummer Boy" in the traditional Thanksgiving-to-Christmas window, two Chicago radio stations switched to the all-fa-la-la-la-la, all-the-time holiday format today. The move is both the latest volley in a hot rivalry and a repeat of a strategy that paid off in... More »

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radio • Chicago • rivalry • radio stations • WCKG 105.9 • WLIT 93.9 • Arbitron • adult contemporary • Christmas music

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