The song begins with a Christmas-y chime. It's the sound of a celesta — an instrument featured in Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic “The Nutcracker.” Carey’s hit also uses the sleigh bell, which became ...
Nothing rings in the holiday season quite like Christmas music. As debates on when to begin playing holiday music rage across the internet like wildfire, the actual tunes get lost in the shuffle. For ...
Christmas music is a big part of the music industry. John Yang speaks with Nate Sloan, an assistant professor of musicology at the USC Thornton School of Music and co-host of the podcast Switched On ...