My two favorite radio stations, 100.3 WNIC and 105.1 WMGC, which both play soft rocks and have great morning shows, have already started their Christmas music marathons. They started playing Christmas songs occasionally almost immediately (if not immediately) after Halloween. I changed my radio station to 96.3, and will probably stick with that and CDs until after Christmas. Don't get me wrong. I love Christmas music, and I have no problem that we're already practicing Advent and Christmas...

For those of you who read my article last year ( Link ), you know that every year I look for new, fresh, Christmas music to add to my collection. Last year, my friends and I went to see the TSO in concert when they were in town. It's a great show, with great music and a huge laser light show, and I recommend that you see it sometime if you haven't already. This year, I fell into the trap that Best Buy sets by snaking the line for the cash registers past the boxed set section of the music d...

I first heard this song by Evanescence in the movie Daredevil, and it just stuck with me. I usually listen to soft rock stations, but I've started listening to a different station lately, in protest of my usual stations already playing Christmas carols. So I've been hearing this song more often, and the more often that I hear it, the more I like it. The music is a juxtaposition of a delicate piano arpeggio and a driving beat from the guitar, completed with passionate lyrics. I went o...