Music Review: Mavis Staples emerges with peaceful, even-keeled album, ‘Sad and Beautiful World’

Mavis Staples's new album hums with a hope that could only be delivered by the 86-year-old’s raspy contralto. It is titled ...
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Listening to sad songs? It may not be such a bad thing

You know the drill: It's 2 am, you're spiraling over your ex's latest Instagram story, and, somehow, you've found yourself three hours deep into a Taylor Swift breakup song playlist. Your friends keep ...
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Dear Abby: Widow finds herself crying at sad songs, wondering if she’ll be alone forever

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 ...