The well-known Christmas carol, “Carol of the Bells,” has quite a remarkable history. It’s difficult to believe that a Christmas carol with such a joyous tone originated more than a century ago in ...

Russian forces control about 95 percent of what’s left of the city, which they aggressively shelled like much of Ukraine they have sought to control.

It started as “Shchedryk,” a song about a little bird that was first performed in the United States in 1922. Its enchanting melody has since been sung by Beyoncé and Barenaked Ladies. By Rob LeDonne ...

But it’s the historic repetition of that Ukrainian folk song over centuries - the one Americans know as “Carol of the Bells” that’s especially poignant and heartbreaking for a nation at war. “It’s ...

Did you know that Carol of the Bells comes from Ukraine? Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych wrote Shchedryk in 1916, originally as a winter folk song. The Ukrainian National Chorus brought the carol ...

As Russian troops close in on the town where a beloved Ukrainian composer wrote his most famous song — now known worldwide as "Carol of the Bells" — Ukrainians safeguard his legacy.

Ring the bells, a winner has been declared! For the second year in a row, “Carol of the Bells” has been voted Colorado’s favorite Christmas carol in our annual Carol Countdown. While this carol is ...

Did you know that the world’s first song ever broadcast from space was a Christmas carol?

‘Jingle Bells’ is one of the most commonly sung Christmas songs in the world. Written by American James Lord Pierpont, it was first published in 1857 under the title ‘The One Horse Open Sleigh’. The ...