Christmas songs generally aren’t risque. Neither are The Monkees‘ songs. Despite their wholesome past, The Monkees released a Christmas song with suggestive lyrics. During an interview, The Monkees’ ...

In a way it’s amazing that it took this long for the Monkees to make a Christmas album. Back during their mid-’60s heyday, everyone from Beach Boys, the Supremes and Elvis Presley, to James Brown, ...

During their long career, The Monkees released only one album of Christmas songs. Many famous musicians worked on that album. Notably, Micky Dolenz really enjoyed one of the more unconventional songs ...

There are dozens of Christmas albums released every holiday season, with everyone from Regis Philbin to Snoop Dogg to Roseanne donning Santa caps in an attempt to cash in on the seasonal craze. But ...

The vast majority of the new Monkees holiday album Christmas Party was produced by Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne, but on the two tracks where Michael Nesmith sings lead (“The Christmas Song” ...

This is FRESH AIR. Every year, pop music artists release new albums of Christmas music. Some of them cover familiar holiday songs. Others write new material for the season. Rock critic Ken Tucker ...