Music has a powerful effect on emotions, shaping our moods and even influencing mental well-being . While upbeat tunes bring ...

A recent study shows that listening to sad music not only evokes melancholic emotions but can also enhance mental health by ...

On countless nights, Isbell performed the song with his wife and bandmate, Amanda Shires, and it naturally was interpreted as a public expression of their till-death-do-us-part commitment to one ...

Dolly Partons husband of almost 60 years, Carl Thomas Dean, sadly passed away on Monday in Nashville at the age of 82. The ...

If you were to stop 100 people in the streets today and asked them what they knew about the late songwriter and performer Meat Loaf, there would likely be one common refrain. And that, of course, ...

Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’ was famously inspired by her late husband, Carl Dean, but she wrote several other songs about him ...

Dolly Parton's hit ballad Jolene was loosely inspired by a woman who had a crush on her husband, Carl Dean. Check out the adorable story amid the latter's death.

It’s impossible to choose only three Roy Orbison tracks. But here are three heartbreaking ballads from one of America’s most unique and melancholic voices. Because so much of his emotional power comes ...

Times columnists Mary McNamara and Glenn Whipp break down the biggest surprises, best moments and top winners of the 97th ...

This week, a post-breakup bop from Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco, and Gracie Abrams, a sleek, moody highlight from Tate McRae ‘s ...

The best John Lennon songs sound as fresh and as innovative today as they did when they first came out. Here are 20 of the ...