If you've been gripping the great armchair of life, this week's All Songs Considered is here to help, with songs to lower the shoulders and slow the blood. NPR Music's Hazel Cills and Stephen Thompson ...

When we reach for songs to slow the blood, we find a lot of recurring themes. It's not just calming washes of amorphous, ambient tones. These are songs with something your brain can hold on to, with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One defining rock anthem of the 1990s struck a powerful chord, with the band behind the iconic song admitting it “hit a nerve.” ...

Feeling a bit blue lately? Music is the answer. Yes, it's legit and science-backed! Be it the work deadlines or cash crunch, personal commitments or goals, music can help. Scientists and health ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Little Big Town’s Grammy-nominated song “The Daughters” struck such a nerve with its pointed lyrics about double standards for women that a protester even showed up at one of ...

Around this time last year, we did a show called "Songs to calm the nerves," followed by "More songs to calm the nerves" last fall. This week we make it a trilogy with our latest installment, "Even ...