It probably doesn’t look or feel like what you are used to playing, but this curious looking guitar has some serious advantages that guitarists and songwriters can put to good use. It’s called a ...

Themes: Christmas; festivals; special days; music; friendship. Summary: The much-loved carol 'Silent Night' was first performed on Christmas Eve, 1818. Originally it was sung to a simple guitar ...

It’s a scene that first played out 200 years ago. In the stillness at the end of the Christmas Eve service, “Silent Night” was sung. But the beloved carol did not start out as a song. It began in 1816 ...

Yet, Silent Night has become one of the most cherished Christmas carols of all time, translated into nearly every language and sung each year in all its simple pureness. And this weekend the story ...

As the Advent evening turns cold and dark, a young couple lingers atop a dike dividing two nations, their mulled wine steaming in the chill. One holds a phone, the other a cup, capturing a final ...

We're looking at some of the best-known Christmas songs and the stories behind them. This time: "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht" (Silent Night, Holy Night). Oberndorf near Salzburg, December 23, 1818: to ...