If you've ever fancied taking a ride on a different kind of Polar Express, a discussion with friends about the best and worst holiday songs might be just the ticket you've been waiting for. We dug ...

Videos by American Songwriter Here below, we wanted to explore three examples. A trio of songs from rockers who wrote Christmas songs for their fans. Indeed, these are three classic rock Christmas ...

You've heard the A-sides a million times during the holiday season. But what about the B-sides of some holiday classics?

The depth and breadth of the international Christmas songbook continues to astound. This year I’m adding a dozen new tracks, and they’re all over the place genre-wise – soul, punk, country, doo-wop, ...

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 ...