One "Recession Pop" Spotify playlist description reads: "2007-2010 pop music that made you forget about the economy." ...

The weather is getting warmer and the UV is getting higher, and these sunnier days not only impact students' moods, but their music taste too.

Learn about the effects of music at work on mood and performance. Simple adjustments can lead to a happier workplace.

I planned to run this happy-music-only experiment all week, and I had to cut it three days short. I’ve found I’m too stubborn and too easily annoyed, let’s start at the beginning.  It was the last day ...

Some prime examples of recession pop are “Tik ToK” by Kesha (2010) , “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love” by Usher (2010), “Party in ...

Struggling to find the motivation to hit the gym? Need that extra push to lift those weights or finish that last rep? We've ...

Norah Jones is truly a morning song heroine. Her mellow, jazzy melodies encapsulate the good and healthy start of a new day.

McSherry of Ask In Earnest talks about the important role music played in earlier days of her rural hometown and how it can help our mental health now, too.

“Untouchable” by Grace Clark, a Concordia jazz studies major, is a slow pop song about wanting what you can’t have. Clark’s impressive vocals and skillful lyricism bring the song to life. In her ...

A new study shows that background music in workplaces can harm employee mood, energy, and job performance when it doesn’t match individual needs.

Have you ever gone to a store or a restaurant where the music was so annoying that you walked right out? Now imagine what it must be like for the employees. In a new study, researchers found that when ...