What are the best Christmas carols of all time? We asked 50 choirmasters for their choices... here are the results ...
"The Wassail Bowl," printed in The Illustrated London News on Dec. 22, 1860. Going door to door and offering a song or performance in exchange for a drink or money is a centuries-old English custom.
Where earlier heavy metal could be gloomy and occult, Sodom raised the temperature even more with gory, blasphemous lyrics, buzzsaw guitars and snarled screams. Sodom’s side project, Onkel Tom ...
Christmas carols are among the oldest songs people still sing, according to Dr. Keely Rhodes, an assistant professor of music at USC Aiken. Rhodes presented “Music and Merriment: Origins of the ...
Do you know what bobtails and wassailing are? We have experts explain the meaning of those weird Christmas carol lyrics. Many of our most popular holiday songs are from the 19th century, when ...
The Coventry Cathedral is the birthplace of “The Coventry Carol,” which is inspired by Matthew’s Gospel account of the massacre of innocents. Credit: Joseph Witcombe/Coventry Cathedral If you want to ...
Matthew Warchus’ big-hearted, smash hit production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic returns to The Old Vic, joyously adapted for the stage by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, His ...
The Ukulele String Ensemble and the Woodwind Trio are presenting "A Ukulele Christmas" at Sacred Heart-St. Francis de Sales ...
Despite mince pies being spotted in supermarkets since September, for many, Christmas in London doesn't really begin until Jack Thorne's adaptation of A Christmas Carol opens at The Old Vic theatre.