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 ...

Raise your hand if you often find yourself in need of a good cry. Okay, all of us? Now raise it even higher if you like to lean into those feelings by throwing on a masterfully crafted playlist full ...

These sad country songs are stone-cold classics. In the 1960s, heartbreak looked a little different than it does today: There were no breakups over text or email, no obsessively scrolling through your ...

The Grammy-winning country star spoke about the emotional connections people make through music during an in-depth ...

Why do we enjoy songs that make us cry? It seems like the more heartbreaking the song, the more we love it. Even if a song could win the prize for Most Annoying Musical Endeavor Ever, (“Having My Baby ...

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 ...

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 ...

I was surprised that my favorite music streaming service has a playlist called Sad Songs. I wondered: Why would anyone want to listen to a bunch of sad songs? I assumed that sad songs make you sad, ...