As for Van Morrison, he begins one lyric found in “Lit Up Inside & Keep ’Er Lit: The Collected Lyrics” with “Rave on, John Donne” and goes on to refer to Kahlil Gibran, Omar Khayyam, Walt Whitman and ...

“Sum sum sum sum sumbhavichallo, sumbhavichallo; Bethlehem goshalaya athu sumbhavichallo,”the carolers belted out with gusto.

Here, five writers with roots and homes across the continent and diaspora sift through a wide world of sounds for some of the ...

Mykola Leontovych, the Ukrainian composer of the famed festive song, lived in the eastern city of Pokrovsk. Months of Russian ...

The album is scheduled to debut in its entirety on WMBG Radio, FM 93.5 The Burg and WMBG AM 740, on Christmas Day.

Chris Rea, the English rock and blues icon behind The Road To Hell and Auberge, has died aged 74 after a short illness.

Some British bands found a vast new fanbase Stateside, while other seminal acts failed to crack America. What gives?

You’ve sung the songs, memorised the lyrics, and never once clocked the menu hiding inside them. Listen again this Christmas, ...

Mariana Hirniak is a journalist and public speaker on Ukrainian culture and history. In early 1919, when Ukraine's pleas for ...

Another great year of music – just as they all are! Always fun to see trends shift and change over time. The big theme this ...

Pronounced “Old Lang Zyne,” experts say it started as a poem, and has since become a song that is now a staple in New Year’s ...

A new comprehensive analysis suggests that the words embedded in songs do far more than simply provide a narrative for a melody; they actively shape the thoughts, feelings, and actions of listeners.