Winter is a time often associated with the holiday season; thus, holiday music tends to top the charts. However, if you search deeper, there’s plenty of winter music that doesn’t fit into the typical holiday trope. Here’s my list of essential winter albums and songs, varied in sound and feel, that are sure to get you in the winter spirit.

In case you, like us, felt starved of events last year, our Cadenza staffers list the arts and entertainment events they are most excited for in 2021.

Walk the Moon, Portugal, The Man, and Lorde highlight a full spring semester concert schedule.

Last week the music forecast was brewing one major storm of new hits for the music industry early Friday morning, including Ed Sheeran, Lorde and Sylvan Esso, a bundle of very familiar names resurfaced onto the new music stage with content this week, proving that in their spotlight hiatus they have been hard at work.