Songs That Make Us Cry

After asking listeners to send in songs that make them cry, NPR trawled through 7,000+ tracks and found that though some of the results were expected, others weren’t. While “Adagio for Strings” sounds like it was composed to make people misty eyed, “Highway to Hell” perhaps doesn’t. However, the team at NPR found that oftentimes, the reasons songs made listeners weepy isn’t about composition and …

Bob Dylan: The Night We Called It A Day

For the penultimate episode of the long-running Late Show with David Letterman, the singer/songwriter Bob Dylan graced the stage to perform an intimate rendition of Frank Sinatra’s “The Night We Called it a Day,” one of the tracks on his latest Sinatra-themed album Shadows in the Night. Gripping not an acoustic guitar but only a mic, Dylan puts on a soulful, reflective performance likened to …

Foodoo: Help Me

At just 18 years old, London-based producer Foodoo is already making waves. His debut EP Yours will be released next month, and from it comes “Help Me.” The instrumental electronic track builds to become euphoric and synth-heavy, but starts out quietly—the result is a summery jam that’s begging to be played at a daytime party in the sunshine. Listeners will be surprised to learn that …