Dating these days happens at a faster pace and with heightened emotions. Several melancholy ballads nominated for Grammys seem to reflect that. By Sadiba Hasan The slew of emotions that comes with a ...

Hell, apparetly, hath no fury like Lily Allen scorned—but Allen's ‘West End Girl’ isn’t the first time an iconic artist has ...

Amy Winehouse performs during the 46664 concert in celebration of Nelson Mandela's life at Hyde Park on June 27, 2008 in London. Sadness takes on different forms, from regret to depression to loss; ...

If you’re going to be labelled one of the finest songwriters, you better be able to write about lost love. After all, that’s a topic that never quite goes out of style, since just about everybody has ...

After all these years, Julian Lennon admits "Hey Jude," the song Paul McCartney wrote for him, got under his skin. Lennon, the son of the late John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia, who passed in ...

Tune into these sad Christmas songs from some of your favorite artists, from Taylor Swift and Coldplay to Elvis Presley and more While the holidays can be a holly jolly time, they can also bring up ...

Bruce Springsteen has released his fair share of emotionally devastating songs, with The River and Jungleland being among his ...

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 ...

In the 1980s, more than ever before, country artists and songwriters were perfecting the art of the story song. They learned to draw fans with a gripping narrative — and often, that made already sad ...

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 ...

For a year, Matt Berninger couldn’t write. A month became two months, two months became six, and the anxiety about not writing compounded so he avoided it more. So when the National frontman showed up ...