Carena Liptak is an Associate Editor and staff writer at Taste of Country. She specializes in breaking country music news, ...

No list of sad country songs would be complete without Hank Williams, who really outdid himself with this all-timer. Even if ...

In particular, she’s got a soft spot for sad songs — check out her roundup of the 50 Saddest Country Songs of All Time!

Leonard Cohen infused each song he wrote with a sense of unparalleled emotion and poetry. Here are our top picks for the saddest songs in his catalogue.

Middle school and high school are major phases of life, times when our brains undergo massive changes in a new and challenging environment. These ...

I listened to some of the saddest songs ever written and recorded, trying to pick out the saddest ones of all. I’ve experienced my own share of grief, like most people my age: parents dying ...

If feeling sad is uncomfortable, why do we like listening to sad music? We do, because science has confirmed this fact. The University of New South Wales in Australia recently conducted a study of ...

Azerbaijan, Slovenia and Slovakia have entered the saddest songs. Andorra's entries are the happiest of all - but then the country has only participated four times in the time period. Turkey and ...

Bright Eyes comes through with a new album that begs for repeat listens. This word heavy run of ballads is a fun listen but ...