A few years ago, Paste looked at the 50 saddest songs of all time, but as the need for new music to help you grieve—to show you that you’re not alone in your pain and to give you the space to process ...

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 ...

From love songs to lullabies, rock 'n' roll to heart and soul, it's almost impossible to live a life untouched by music. We've all got our go-to tunes, for good times, bad times and everything in ...

A broken heart. A sad ending to a love affair. That’s something most of us have experienced, or probably will. After all, it’s part of human life; needed, at least one time, to become more fully adult ...

In the nine years since Taylor Swift released Red, “All Too Well” has become one of her best-loved songs despite never being released as a single. So when she re-recorded the album this year, she ...

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 ...

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Professor of Cognitive-Neuroscience , Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle When I hear Shania Twain’s You’re Still The One, it takes me back to when I was 15, playing on my ...

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 ...

The 1990s just might be the definitive era of sad country music. Legends like Garth Brooks, George Strait and Alan Jackson were at the top of their game during that decade, and young bucks — like an ...