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And the conversation prompted us to ask Jake Worthington if he’s ever wrote a sad song and then backed off of it, or tried to rewrite it to make the track a little less melancholy. The country artist ...

There’s something strangely comforting about a song that breaks your heart. You press play knowing it’ll hurt a little, but you do it anyway. Whether it’s a haunting melody or lyrics that hit too ...

This article is authored by Tara Venkatesan, honorary fellow, School of Advanced Studies, University of London.

More than 50 years into her storied career, singer and guitar whiz Bonnie Raitt brings a new album full of sweet stories to Houston ...

Taylor Swift might be a global pop star, but she got her start in country music. These four songs proves she is still a country songwriter.

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Country music is a genre known for hitting you right in the feelings, and that's true both in terms of the lyrics and in the real lives of the people who write and perform these often sad songs.