This week in Soundtracking, we feature an some Christmas music you may never have heard before. If your holiday spirit is dragging, give it a kick in the jingle bells with this 11-song Christmas music playlist! Player opens in a new window, so read and listen at the same time.


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What's your favorite holiday musical movie? Find out what folks picked in this week's Soundtracking holiday special!


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Wow, what a nice surprise when I got to the post office today.

I had three packages and a bunch of cards. One was my contributers copies of Plain Spoke! Very nice publication - lots of great poems and stories. I'm on page 16! My bio is (as always) the shortest. One of these days maybe I'll change the one-sentenceness of my biography, but it is ( Read more... )

In this week's Soundtracking, we explore the history of Christmas carols - including the stories behind some individual songs. This is the first in a four-part holiday Soundtracking special!


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My novel is pretty stalled at 15,966 words. I think I'm just not going to worry about the whole 'in a month' thing, and just finish at my own pace. Causes less anxiety that way.

My Soundtracking group on Gather reached 1000 members this week! My column this week features some of the sweet content members submitted to the group.

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I am eating a donut that looks like a butthole.

Oh, and tomorrow is Halloween, and I have a playlist of Halloween songs in my column this week, so you should check it outAnd at midnight... the noveling begins ( Read more... )

Join us this Thursday 10/25 at 5 EST for a live chat interview with Marc Cohn! This amazingly talented singer-songwriter who won a Grammy for Walking in Memphis in 1992 is back with a new album, Join the Parade.


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This week, my husband (Money Correspondent Austin Cushing) and I are having a Soundtracking / Common Cents crossover! For my part, this week's Soundtracking focuses on Songs About Money. Aus's Common Cents talks about il/legal music downloading and the RIAA - be sure to check out his article after reading mine.


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In this week's Soundtracking, I'm going to do songs about money - because Aus is writing about music in his money column this week (about the RIAA and how it wants your moneys).

So c'mon and tell me your favorite songs about MONEY!

This week on Soundtracking, we reviewed Dee Dee Bridgewater's Red Earth! Come and check out our review, and learn about Dee Dee's Malian journey.

Dee Dee Bridgewater is coming to Boston October 10th - 11th ! Check out this article by Gather music editor Jason Keaveny to see how Gather members can Listen and Learn with Dee Dee Bridgewater. Don't ( Read more... )