Songs from the soundtrack to ‘Oh. What. Fun.’, new holiday albums by Mickey Guyton, Old Crow Medicine Show, Brad Paisley ...

I have a playlist called “I Heart Melancholy,” and I love listening to it so much it hurts. In a good way. And I know you know what I’m talking about, don’t you? Melancholy gets a bad rap. In music, ...

At a “very very difficult time for earth”, the Nobel Prize for Literature for 2025 has been awarded to Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst ...

Though often associated with the Lennie Tristano school, Jaxen’s artistry defies easy categorization. On “The Mirror Calls,” she leans closer to Joni Mitchell than Tristano, beginning with a lyrical ...

It must have felt like fate to have a record you titled Jubilee be as celebrated as much as Japanese Breakfast's third album was in 2021. From the outside looking in, frontwoman Michelle Zauner was ...

"My Melancholy Baby" takes a look at 48 hours into the difficult life of the Burrows family. This story is told through the eyes of the older son, Miles Burrows, a 19 year old drug addict who hasn't ...

The opening title track is a gem of poetic parsimony, conjuring a world of turning seasons and moods from a few well-chosen phrases, layered with simpatico textures. First, the graceful stroking of ...

W.G. Sebald’s premature death from a heart attack, in December 2001, at 57—months after the publication of his novel Austerlitz propelled him to the height of his literary fame—has left his readers ...

Michelle Zauner wears Ferragamo dress. In 2021, Michelle Zauner was on top of the world. She’d become a best-selling author with her debut memoir, Crying in H Mart, which was quickly optioned to be ...

Like many great musicians before her, Zauner has crafted a unique album that is also a departure from her previous sound. Jubilee had some rockers on it, and its '80s influences were clear. For ...

Japanese Breakfast, the indie-rock band led by singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner, is one of many musical projects that has become identified with the “sad girl” archetype. This aesthetic, fueled by ...

Benmont Tench will release a new solo album, The Melancholy Season, on March 7. Produced by Jonathan Wilson, it includes performances by Taylor Goldsmith, Sara Watkins, Jenny O. and Sebastian ...