Why we’re so attached to outdated Christmas songs
Classic Christmas pop songs tell us that a modern, urban Christmas isn’t really Christmas at all
Country
Loretta Lynn for the post-Occupy age
With its class-conscious crossover stars, country is picking up where hip hop left off
If rock’s not dead, it’s on life support
Good luck finding a top-grossing act these days with a young lead singer
There’s true grit on Jeff Bridges’s new CD
A space cowboy seems to have found his comfort zone as a sagebrush elder
The re-southification of American Idol
With Scotty McCeery’s win, it’s a country music year
It’s the best of times, and the worst
Some see all the glory of the Games. To others they are an abomination. Both have a point.