Mavis Staples is a warrior. A central figure in the Civil Rights movement, at 86 years old Staples’ determination and resolve is not in the least bit diminished. Setting age aside, it’s not the most ...

The much-garlanded Staples is a bridge between now and then, and Sad and Beautiful World, her first album since 2019’s We Get By, shows her to be as relevant and contemporary as ever; a timeless ...

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 ...

Addressing a session at the India Today Conclave Mumbai, Amruta Fadnavis, who is often drawn into controversies, likened trolls to "background music". She said independent women with voice and thought ...

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 music after a breakup might seem like a safe emotional outlet, but for those high in neuroticism, it could actually intensify the pain, new research warns. Study: Adaptive or maladaptive ...

A new piano school called Payam Music recently opened doors on Broadway and Lincoln in Santa Monica. The Payam Music Program addresses one of the most common issues in music education which is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Music assistant is rolling out to users with access to the Creator Music beta. Music assistant is rolling out to users with access to the Creator Music beta. is a former news writer for The Verge.

If you like working, sleeping, relaxing or meditating to ambient music — and you own an iPhone — you’re in luck. You can now play background tunes from Control Center on your iPhone. The feature is ad ...