
Holiday Music
NPR presents a mix of live concerts and other music to help get you in the spirit of the season.A Carolina Christmas, With Kathy Mattea
This year's Christmas in the Heart has fans of both Christmas music and Bob Dylan scratching their heads. hide caption
Billy Taylor (left) duets with Eldar at A Jazz Piano Christmas 2009. Margot Schulman hide caption
Listen Now: A Jazz Piano Christmas 2009
Winterbloom is Meg Hutchinson, Antje Duvekot, Anne Heaton and Natalia Zukerman. Asia Kepka hide caption
Winterbloom In Studio On Folk Alley
Carla's Christmas Carols, by Carla Bley, is sometimes sweetly and majestically unironic. The odd bits give it a sense of mystery that suits the holy day, but is rare in Christmas music. courtesy of the artist hide caption
The vocal group Trio Mediaeval sings old and new Christmas carols from its native Norway in NPR's Studio 4A. Asa M. Mikkelsen hide caption
Hear 'Choirs and Carols: An NPR Christmas'
Simplicity, it turns out, is the secret to the success of Handel's ever-popular "Hallelujah Chorus." istockphoto hide caption