Point spreads and moneylines ran constantly through my head, mingling with the omnipresent Christmas carols to create a strange backbeat to the holiday season.
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McKay Coppins,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
Each year, Music Hall fills with twinkling lights, the sound of nostalgic carols and the joy of thousands of audience members at Holiday Pops.
The epitome of that tradition is Choral Evensong, an evening service of hymns, psalms and prayers laid out by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant archbishop of the Church of England, in 1549.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
By weaving together songs, sounds, words, and visuals, Psalms gives audiences a real feel for the broader culture.
In between are lush and smoky country ballads shot through with irresistible melodies.
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Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
8 Apr. 2026
The Asian version will take flight after the original contest takes place in Vienna in May, with 35 countries competing in the singing contest known for outrageous costumes, towering ballads and high-energy performances.
The music is eclectic and includes sounds associated with Islam as well as bluegrass, hymns and spirituals.
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Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
At Merkin Hall, Chanticleer rings in the semiquincentennial with a new work by Trevor Weston, which spotlights the legacy of African American spirituals.
Gustave Doré, the celebrated French illustrator, did elaborate engravings for the three canticles in the mid-19th century and devoted 99 out of 135 of them to Dante Alighieri’s darkest scenes.
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