Geraldine Brooks’ latest novel, an account of the life of King David told by his prophet, Nathan (Natan), takes its title from Leonard Cohen’s beloved and much-covered song, Hallelujah. Although...
Today’s song takes us all the way back to the 1950s, and it sounds very much of that era as well. Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree was recorded in 1958 when Lee herself was -...
Only the Beach Boys could conjure up a Christmas tune so effervescently Christmassy as Little Saint Nick, with their trademark harmonies somehow managing to convey both snow and sunshine all at once....
It’s the 70s. A small Mediterranean country of a historic past and turbulent present is undergoing an economic miracle. Greece’s economy is thriving, industries are springing like mushrooms, and...
Dean Martin’s Let It Snow is a Christmas classic for all the right reasons. It has a nice pace and beautiful instrumental flourishes and best of all, it’s easy to sing along to (even I can hit...
With both the fight against ISIS and the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris on American’s minds both at home and abroad, a doc doesn’t deliver much more timely lessons than those of David...
Like many of the old standards, there are multiple versions of Sleigh Ride, but this is the one I like the best. It’s also consistently popular in the US where it ranks every year in the holiday...
I have to admit that today’s advent selection has always baffled me slightly. It’s a great song, but why is it quite as popular as it is? It often tops those rather inane surveys of the best...
The United States will be holding its 50th Super Bowl next year in Levi’s Stadium, a brand-new, multi-million dollar facility sitting at the base of the Bay Area’s Peninsula region. While the...
I wasn’t quite sure whether to do today’s entry in the usual form of a song or just give today’s artist an entire advent calendar door of his own… yes, it’s Bing Crosby! Today’s song may...
