Composer Nicholas Britell tells IndieWire about getting to run conceptual musical experiments that make George Clooney even ...

Mavis Staples ' latest album hums with hope that could only be delivered by the 86-year-old American treasure’s raspy contralto. “Sad and Beautiful World” sees the gospel and R&B icon, who briefly ...

MITCHELL — On any given weekend night, you might find Layton Eide onstage at a packed bar somewhere in South Dakota — guitar in hand, voice cutting through the noise with lyrics that ride the line ...

Daphni, real name Dan Snaith, has shared a new standalone single, titled ‘Sad Piano House’. Out now, it’s the first material to emerge from Snaith since he released the album Honey under his Caribou ...

Over the past few years, we've seen increasingly blurred boundaries between Caribou, Dan Snaith's main project, and Daphni, his dance music alter-ego. Last year, Caribou released the dance-focused ...

Caribou’s Dan Snaith has shared a new song as Daphni. The single, “Sad Piano House” is billed as a continuation of Cherry’s “Cloudy.” Watch the new track’s video below. “I DJ’ed a lot last year in the ...

Dan Snaith goes low with a moody, skeletal adaptation of a track from his 2022 album Cherry. But hey, truth in advertising: It’s house music, it’s got pianos, and, most important of all, it’s sad. Not ...

How my sibling and I bonded over a quiz show on 88.1 FM Dayton, Ohio, has many wonderful cultural attractions, including the United States Air Force Museum and the state-of-the-art Schuster Center, ...

Back in the day, before the technological advancements that brought us DAWs, a working knowledge of music theory was a necessity for music-making. Now, due to major innovations in the creative tools ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...

Sadness is generally seen as a negative emotion, but we tend to find it pleasurable in an aesthetic context. What is the nature of pleasure that people experience from listening to sad music?

The names of lost soldiers (loved ones nominated by real people) are inscribed in a memorial around the stage, a bell tolls until it rings for victory, and it is clear that Olivia is mourning a ...