I just came across this in my inbox and it’s something I’d love to share. Billboard is giving away free music to enlisted members of the U.S. Army (I’ll ignore for now the fact that this giveaway doesn’t include the Marines, Navy, etc.). If you’re interested, go here and select a message (or personalize one)…

Enya’s seventh studio album, “And Winter Came,” is not so much a holiday album as it is an ambient ode to the season. Featuring ten original winter/holiday-themed compositions and two traditional Christmas carols, the CD features the “choir of one” production–multi-layered vocals that create the trademark Enya sound–found on such hits as “Orinoco Flow.” Which…

Even if Christmas doesn’t represent an annual temptation for Jews, there’s one area where Hanukkah can’t hold a candle (sorry) to Christmas: Christmas music trumps “I Have a Little Dreidel” every time. Most Hanukkah songs sound like they were created by your grandmother on Long Island. (Sing the songs with a New York accent, and…

Although many people will probably laugh off reports that actress/singer Jessica Simpson is interested in returning to college to study theology, as reported by Marie Clair via The New York Post’s Page Six, religion has always been a part of the blonde bombshell’s roots. In addition to being manager to Jessica and sister Ashlee, their…

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