Working with producer Tofer Brown, the North Carolina native spent two years refining the sound of her debut album Cherry Valley, which was released in late 2025 on MCA Nashville/Gatsby Records.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Nine of the songs inside the top 10 on the Hot 100 are Christmas ...

Dec. 24 (UPI) --Christmas music often brings to mind familiar carols and pop standards that return every December. But over the years, artists across punk, indie, hip-hop and alternative rock have ...

At the height of her career, Mariah Carey took a risk by releasing a holiday song. Given what we know about the singer who has dubbed herself "Queen of Christmas," and the ubiquity of the seasonal hit ...

Christmas music fills the air every December, but much of what dominates playlists is remakes of familiar classics. For listeners searching for holiday tracks that feel fresh yet still capture the ...

If it began to sound a lot like Christmas earlier than usual this year, it wasn't your imagination. Halloween wasn't even over before Spotify users began curating songs about mistletoe, snow and ...

Festive music fans across the country tuned in on Christmas Eve as Hits Radio revealed the Top 40 Most Streamed Christmas Songs of All Time, compiled by the Official Charts. The special broadcast ...

IF YOU’RE OUT AND ABOUT RIGHT NOW. AND HEY, IF YOU’RE TRAVELING THIS WEEKEND, I’LL GIVE YOU A BIG HEADS UP ON SOME SNOW. NOT NECESSARILY HERE, BUT NEARBY. THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THE NEXT ...

Celebrities, listen up. There’s nowhere you could go that we won’t spot a brilliant new haircut—not even a The Traitors-themed day out with your fiancé’s family. Seen in such brief passing on an ...

The late 1970s were a great time for smooth, sensual soft rock jams. In fact, a lot of soft rock songs from 1978, specifically, remain favorites of fans of the era. Let’s take a look at a few soft ...

Cher closed out the final Saturday Night Live of 2025 with two tracks from her 2023 Christmas album. The pop icon, who had been an SNL musical guest only once before, opened with the up-tempo “DJ Play ...

Jim Goodwin of the Christmas Underground blog returns with 2025’s indie rock Christmas mix, this year titled A Bit of Christmas. Every year for over two decades Goodwin puts together an annual mix of ...