As autumn releases its final leaves and the air takes on winter’s unmistakable chill, the world begins to move at a different pace. Early darkness settles over the streets, windows glow against the cold, and the first snow promises a season of quiet discovery. It is a time to draw closer to the voices and melodies that keep us company: songs that stir a memory or introduce a new feeling, and podcasts that invite us into stories we might otherwise never hear. As winter approaches, these are the sounds worth welcoming into the season.
Songs to Listen to Before the Holiday
“Unloveu” — KATSEYE
“Animal”- Kim Kay
“I Cry Again” – Lili Caseley
“Caelune” – Avohee Avoher
“Before You Know It” — Kygo and Ava Max
“A Song about Freedom” (Sun1 Mix) – Amuka
“Lasso the Moon” — Ashe
“I Want it Now” – Avohee Avoher
“Housewife” — Tate McRae
“Expectations (Remix)” — Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan
“Guilty” – Esosa Gabrielle
“Green Park” – Randy Edelman
“Pretty Girls” — Rachel Chinouriri
“Timeless” – Irene Michaels
“Demon” – Fabe da Don
“Higher” — Take That
“Ashes Next Door” – Ray Ray Star
“Hallucination” — Mae Muller and Jodie Harsh
“Hannah Montana” — Rex Orange County
“Never Back Down” – Logan Whitaker
Frosty Albums
Could Have Found Grace – Paddy Smith
Green Park — Randy Edelman
1031 — Grapefruit Sound Lab
12V — Avohee Avoher
Watertown — Brothers Osborne
Legendary Love — Snoh Aalegra (coming November 13)
Carnaval De Luz — U2 (coming November 13)
Worst Christmas Ever! — Sufjan Stevens (coming November 6)
Dream Fatigue — Rex Orange County (coming November 6)
O My Beloved — Kings of Leon (coming November 6)
Smokin’ Podcasts, Radio, and Television
Rockin’ the Decades with Tony Orlando — 77 WABC
Profiles with Mickey Burns — NYC Life
The Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell
Movie Reviews and More with Brian Sebastian
Live on Tape with Pete Trabucco — WWDB AM 860
Gary Leavitt & Friends — 95.9 WATD
The Joe Rogan Experience — Joe Rogan
Call Her Daddy — Alex Cooper
Rocky Kramer’s Rock and Roll Tuesdays
New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce
The Daily — The New York Times
Crime Junkie — Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat
SmartLess — Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett
This Past Weekend with Theo Von
The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Breakfast Club — Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy and Jess Hilarious
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
If These Walls Could Talk – Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss
The Drew Barrymore Show
Upcoming Events to Watch
Dave Matthews Band — November 12 and 13, 2026 — Madison Square Garden, New York City
Stevie Wonder — November 19, 2026 — Madison Square Garden, New York City
Crystal Waters presents I Am House Orchestrated — November 19, 2026 — Palladium Times Square, New York City
Tyla — November 28 and 29, 2026 — Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn, New York
Doja Cat with Latto — December 1, 2026 — Madison Square Garden, New York City
Z100’s Jingle Ball, featuring sombr, Alex Warren, Charlie Puth, Hilary Duff, Teddy Swims and more — December 11, 2026 — Madison Square Garden, New York City
Andrea Bocelli — December 16 and 17, 2026 — Madison Square Garden, New York City
Randy Edelman — December 19, 2026 — Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City
Belinda Carlisle — December 30, 2026 — Palladium Times Square, New York City
Phish — December 30, 2026–January 2, 2027 — Madison Square Garden, New York City
Books That Never Go Out Of Style:
I On Beauty: Living Beautifully and Luxuriously Beyond 50 — Irene Michaels
I Am Beauty: Secrets from the Red Carpet — Irene Michaels
From the Projects to Profiles: A Memoir — Mickey Burns
The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History — Howard Bloom
Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century — Howard Bloom
The Monster Four – Jimmy Star
The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism — Howard Bloom
The God Problem: How a Godless Cosmos Creates — Howard Bloom
The Muhammad Code: How a Desert Prophet Brought You ISIS, al Qaeda, and Boko Haram — Howard Bloom
How I Accidentally Started the Sixties — Howard Bloom
Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me: A Search for Soul in the Power Pits of Rock and Roll — Howard Bloom
The Case of the Sexual Cosmos: Everything You Know About Nature Is Wrong — Howard Bloom
To Kill a Mockingbird — Harper Lee
Mothman: Red Eyes Rising – Jimmy Star
Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen
The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Little Prince — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Alchemist — Paulo Coelho
The Color Purple — Alice Walker
The Diary of a Young Girl — Anne Frank
The Catcher in the Rye — J.D. Salinger
Little Women — Louisa May Alcott
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde
Exciting Movies On The Horizon
Call Me Micky
Run
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Focker-In-Law
Dune: Part Three
The Angry Birds Movie 3
Violent Night 2
I Play Rocky
Practical Magic 2
The Adventures of Cliff Booth
Clown Motel: 3 Ways To Hell
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