Mavis Staples's new album hums with a hope that could only be delivered by the 86-year-old’s raspy contralto. It is titled ...

Mavis Staples is known as many things: soul hitmaker, civil rights trailblazer, 21st-century torchbearer of American gospel ...

Let’s begin with the obvious: the song that infiltrated every corner of TikTok for months, inspiring other songwriters on the app to duet the original chorus with musings of their own. The most ...

Bob Vylan is one of the recent targets of backlash for speaking out against the genocide happening in Palestine. Ironically? Terrifyingly? Pathetically? some people are reacting to their protest ...

You would think happy people would prefer to listen to happy music. Lyrics that speak to their positive mood, bringing them cheer and joy. Yet, sad music tends to have a longer-lasting appeal for many ...

Pumpkin lattes, knitted sweaters and sobbing while listening to Phoebe Bridgers? Hot Girl Summer’s gloomy older sister, Sad Girl Autumn, is upon us. Coined in 2019 as an antithesis to “Hot Girl Summer ...

My research collaborators at Yale University and I tried to figure out why we like sad art when we hate experiencing sadness in real life. We pay good money to see depressing movies and listen to Sad ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Listening to sad music can make you feel connected and ...

DEAR ABBY: I lost my husband to cancer five months ago. When I listen to sad music or watch a sad movie, I think of him and cry. He was a good man who had a lot of friends who cared about him. He also ...

Get ready to jam – and cry it out. At Super Sad Song Show, the founders, Ashton Edminster and Piper Byers, aim to showcase local musicians’ most personal work. Edminster first conceived the idea for ...

Meanwhile, sad music could do the opposite, amplifying negative emotions and increasing discomfort. A 2022 brainwave study demonstrated that motion sickness is associated with stronger alpha and theta ...

Listening to music after a breakup might seem like a safe emotional outlet, but for those high in neuroticism, it could actually intensify the pain, new research warns. Study: Adaptive or maladaptive ...