Music is a part of every culture around the world. In fact, the ability to appreciate music is built into our brains, suggesting music has an evolutionary function. Many music studies look at the long ...

The year is just about done, and OMG, has it been a doozy. I don’t know about you, but it’s felt like just one continuous streak of “WTF?” and “Is this really happening?” and “How is this possibly ...

Composer Cliff Masterson knows how to make sorrow sublime. "When I wrote it, the feeling of the music was sad, but yet there was this beautiful melody that sat on top," Masterson says. Written for a ...

Need a good cry? In the mood to revel in your own misery? There are plenty of songs that make such an experience even worse! Though, we won’t judge you for indulging in a few heartbreaking songs if ...

Source: David S. Soriano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Emotion, in particular sadness, has played an important role in art and music throughout human history and across human cultures. Music, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. I think I was happiest this year when I was really fucking sad. Or, at the very least ...

Today BlackBerry is releasing its very sad music service to the public that is among the least enticing in the streaming-music world. The BBM Music service works like this: you can choose 50 songs to ...

Last week, during an interview on The Zane Lowe Show, Lorde referred to Phoebe Bridgers, whom she tapped to sing back-up vocals on her new single, “Solar Power,” as a “God-tier female vocalist.” It’s ...