When you're in the mood for a gut-wrenching cry and need to pick the song to act as the soundtrack, country music is the ...

We talk a lot about sob-inducing movies, but personally, I don’t think enough attention is paid to the best sad songs to cry to, from Adele ballads—duh—to offerings from Mitski and Enya ...

Kezin describes the song as “cathartic”, emphasising sad music’s role in retrieving memories and aiding mood regulation. Carol Hall offers her take on hardship in Hard Candy Christmas (1978 ...