Breathtaking. As time passes, it's become increasingly clear that Shane Smith & the Saints are the most underrated bands not only in the Red Dirt scene but in music in general. Backed by their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Celine Dion's version of “O Holy Night,” which she released in 1998 ...

Before you’ve even heard Carrie Underwood’s version of “O Holy Night,” you’d likely assume it to be powerful. Underwood seldom performs a song she can’t make quick work of. The soaring high notes in ...

In the fall of 1847, a French wine merchant, Placide Cappeau, was asked by his local priest to write a Christmas poem. Not long after, Placide Cappeau showed this poem, “Minuit, chrétiens,” to the ...

Editor’s Note: Over the four weeks of Advent, alongside the release of season three of “Hark!,” our podcast about the meaning and making of our favorite Christmas carols, America staff will also share ...

Soulful Christmas music is an obsession for Bill Adler, so he interviewed the singer of one of his favorite songs "There isn't a Christmas that goes by that I don't sing 'Oh Holy Night,'" says Irma ...

More than 100 musicians from the College of St. Scholastica will bring the “O Holy Night” Christmas concert to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Duluth. There are two performances, at 7:30 on ...

Twenty-six years ago, George W. Hunt, S.J., then editor in chief of America, wrote that “O Holy Night” was one of his favorites among Yuletide songs, modestly adding: “I’ve sung it countless times in ...

The singer wrapped up the North American leg of her Hit Me Hard and Soft World Tour with a five-night Kia Forum stand that had Finneas sitting in as guest. Calisthenics were never remotely the point ...

Trisha Yearwood showcased her powerful pipes in a festive CMA Country Christmas. Not only did the country legend co-host the event with Amy Grant, but she also took the stage to perform herself as ...

Kristin Chenoweth performs "O Holy Night" with the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra. The American music critic John Sullivan Dwight translated the lyrics of this carol, one of the most dramatically ...