Picture this: It's December. You turn on your car radio. The first few synth-pop notes of "Last Christmas" by Wham! start playing. What do you do? Why, you turn the volume up and you sing every single ...
J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...
We’re in the time of year when the Billboard Hot 100 chart is ruled by Christmas songs. Specifically, there’s Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” and then a bunch of hits from the ’50s ...
Is Christmas really the saddest day of the year? There’s a whole history of holiday music that explores what it’s like to be down-and-out during the season. Are you mourning absent family members?
Lenten music and hymnody aim to lift us up and call us back to the two primary themes of this season of preparation for ...
For a musical act to remain relevant across decades and generations, it must have at least one song that could be considered timeless. For some, that means delivering a track so good that it never ...
Grammy Award-winning artist LeAnn Rimes will bring holiday cheer to Morristown this winter with her Greatest Hits Christmas Tour, launching at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) on Thursday, December ...