Country singer-songwriter Josh Turner finds beauty in sad, lonesome and slow songs such as Johnny Cash’s “The Caretaker” and Hank Williams’ “Alone and Forsaken.” These somber tunes appear on his 2020 ...

One of our greatest faults as humans, outside of the fact that we haven’t created a calorie-less double-bacon cheeseburger, is our penchant to laugh and criticize those we don’t know. I do it, you do ...

"If I can stand up after that and keep walking and keep my head up, then so can you." By Joe Lynch Executive Digital Director Joshua Bassett’s new EP, Sad Songs In a Hotel Room, certainly delivers on ...

Music can heal you in many ways, but nothing comes close to the salve of sad songs when you’re at your lowest. Imagine Emma, who comes home after a long and stressful day at work, dealing with tight ...

If feeling sad is uncomfortable, why do we like listening to sad music? We do, because science has confirmed this fact. The University of New South Wales in Australia recently conducted a study of 50 ...

I’ve had an intermittent relationship with podcasts. Over the past several years I’ve tended towards listening to epic audiobook stories on Audible. Books like Game of Thrones, the Harry Hole ...

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 ...