Imogen Heap, two scientists and 26 babies made a song. A decade on, it’s still averting meltdowns.

For this week's all-tearjerker episode of All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton took the conversation offline and set up shop in Bob's apartment, armed with some home recording gear, a box ...

Since music was created, songwriters have been writing about heartache. It’s only natural that plenty of tears have been shed in songs throughout the years. Listeners tend to identify with those ...

Some soft rock songs are real heartbreakers, and these 1977 soft rock jams had baby boomers tearing up by the radio.

The Special A.K.A.'s 1982 single 'The Boiler' is a harrowing song that recalls the anguish of 'We Cry Together.' “We Cry Together” is probably the most conversation-stopping song on Kendrick Lamar’s ...

Formed in 1994 by Rose Melberg (Tiger Trap) and Jen Sbragia (All Girl Summer Fun Band), The Softies aimed to be an antithesis to the rat in a cage rage that was going on at the time, by way of spare ...

Brooklyn-based four-piece Pom Pom Squad are releasing their debut album, Death of a Cheerleader, on June 25 via City Slang. Now they have shared another song from it, “Crying,” via a video for the ...