Any music lover has a playlist for, well, just about anything. Whether you need a workout playlist to pump you up, a party playlist to help all your friends hit the dance floor, or a playlist full of ...

Some of the best sad music comes from 90s country songs. Sometimes we can all use a good cry to let out our emotions. And what better way than listening to some songs that make you cry? Take yourself ...

Why do sad songs feel so good? Research reveals how melancholy music can mend moods, spark meaning, and remind us we’re ...

For this week's all-tearjerker episode of All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton took the conversation offline and set up shop in Bob's apartment, armed with some home recording gear, a box ...

Soul Asylum once suggested that sad people might start a company called Frustrated Incorporated. Misery loves company, they say. The band critiqued how sadness was getting packaged and sold in the ...

It's a well-known fact that people use music to manage their moods and emotions. Not only do people turn to music to enhance good moods—think DJs spinning tunes to create a party atmosphere—but but ...

He wrote, "In short, sadness experienced in the absence of real psychic pain may be expected to produce a state that might reasonably be described as an enjoyable or 'good' cry." Basically, in the ...

Country singer Emily Nenni is a pro in juxtapositions. The cover for her latest album Drive and Cry, for example, is bubblegum pink, but with a photo of a cool, confident Nenni dressed in black from ...

Riley Green’s love for country music runs deep. Following the release of the deluxe edition of his 2024 LP, Don’t Mind If I Do, the singer spoke to Country Living about his breakout year and what’s ...

"White Christmas," "Silent Night," "All I Want for Christmas," they all reduce me to tears, every year, and I'm not the only one. A quick Google reveals many people feel sad when they hear Christmas ...

Sad songs say so much, as Elton John once opined. But sad movies, well, they can totally wreck you for days. Weeks. Years. Sad movies can make you cry, they can make you emotional, and it doesn't ...

Louis Mushrow suffers from Smith-Magenis syndrome. Sept. 20, 2013— -- Every time Louis Mushrow, 9, hears certain songs, he beings to cry. But his tears aren't related to hearing sad songs, ...