Rais Anis Sabri, a celebrated Sufi Qawwal, has released an Urdu rendition of Hazrat Amir Khusro's 13th-century Persian poem, ...

The neglect of the Urdu language in Pakistani society is deeply concerning and must be addressed before its decline becomes irreversible. Urdu is one of the most lyrical and culturally rich languages ...

My research collaborators at Yale University and I tried to figure out why we like sad art when we hate experiencing sadness in real life. We pay good money to see depressing movies and listen to Sad ...

DEAR ABBY: I lost my husband to cancer five months ago. When I listen to sad music or watch a sad movie, I think of him and cry. He was a good man who had a lot of friends who cared about him. He also ...

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 ...

Listening to sad music after a breakup may prolong distress in neurotic individuals Using music in an adaptive way supports recovery, while rumination with music can do harm Understanding your ...

GONE are the days when Urdu’s literary works had an initial print run of 1,000 or 1,100 copies. Now the number has gone unbelievably down. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, literacy rate was low but people ...

The official start of the summer season is just around the corner, and nothing goes together quite as well as country music and summer songs. Country has plenty of fun, upbeat summer songs that ...

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; ...

Country music covers a wide range of topics with lyrics that speak to the best of times and the hardest of times. While there are plenty of songs about love, drinking, dancing, and living life to the ...

Kameron Marlowe is going against the grain. While artists are releasing party anthems and feel-good tunes, Marlowe is offering Sad Songs for the Soul—ten songs that dive deep into heartbreak and ...

Michael Jackson's estate is fighting to block an auction house from selling the singer's unreleased music. According to Complex, sourcing intel first reported on by TMZ, the auction house Gotta Have ...