Music Notes The Georgia Straight musical advent calendar for Christmas 2018—Day 20: Bing Crosby This just happens to be the best-selling single of all time, holiday-themed or otherwise.
Music The albums that got us through 2018: John Lucas Hip-hop’s women, local indie stars, and Polaris winners caught our critics’ ears this year
Music Notes The Georgia Straight musical advent calendar for Christmas 2018–Day 19: Burl Ives For some people, no holiday season is complete without two things: animated specials by Rankin and Bass, and songs sung by Burl Ives.
Music Notes The Georgia Straight musical advent calendar for Christmas 2018–Day 18: Luciano Pavarotti In 1978 Pavarotti sang a Christmas concert at Montreal’s Notre-Dame Basilica.
Music Notes The Georgia Straight's musical advent calendar for Christmas 2018—Day 17: Darlene Love Spector isn't much of a role model. He was, however, a brilliant record producer, and in 1963 he released what is arguably the greatest Christmas album of all time, A Christmas...
Music Notes The Georgia Straight musical advent calendar for Christmas 2018—Day 16: Jona Lewie This one is a bit of an obscurity, at least on this side of the Atlantic.
Music Notes The Georgia Straight musical advent calendar for Christmas 2018—Day 15: Bryan Adams This is possibly the most ’80s thing ever: Bryan Adams and Pee-wee Herman celebrating the holidays with a fake reggae song.
Music Notes The Georgia Straight musical advent calendar for Christmas 2018—Day 14: Heavy-metal and hard-rock edition Christmas and heavy metal make for an uneasy mix
Music Notes The Georgia Straight musical advent calendar for Christmas 2018—Day 13: Low Let's face it, Santa Claus can be pretty scary.
