In his research, Bonshor found that combining a major key, 7th chords, a 137 BPM, a strong beat, four beats in every bar and ...

“When I played with 10 Minutes Down, we covered a Black happy song called “Three Day Weekend” (from the album Peghead), at the behest of one of the members of the band who had seen them in their prime ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Ray Charles at the Festival de Jazz de Comblain-la-Tour in 1964. From Wikimedia Commons In an ...

Upbeat songs are having a surge of popularity in this time of coronavirus gloom. “Happy” by Pharrell Williams and “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk are among the most-played tracks of the last decade. The ...

Music is a gift, but faith should always come first, said Jim Bruce, one of the drummers for the Inland Northwest-based band Black Happy. Black Happy, which started in Coeur d’Alene around 1990 and ...

In between clips of the band members spending time at home, the music video also showed how their fans are keeping occupied — and positive — amid the coronavirus pandemic Maria Pasquini is the senior ...

Music moves, music soothes and most important, music can improve your mood. Press play on these happy songs for a boost of cheer. The power of music is no joke—it can affect our mind, body and mood.

Just over a decade ago, songwriter Luke Allen — sometimes solo with guitar, sometimes with a drummer — started playing understated gigs as the Happy Talk Band at the now-defunct Matador and the Circle ...