Music is compelling when it’s sad. This is not news; it’s biology. Our brains are wired to associate emotion with sound, and the idea that we could go from happy to sad at the stir of a violin is...

I never thought I’d live to see the day that mom jeans came back into style. I remember cringing at the alarmingly high denim waistlines that my friends’ mothers sported at every play date. I was 4...

Instead of peeling through candy wrappers looking for a golden ticket on Jan. 13, Boston music lovers scoured the city looking for hidden vinyl records. The citywide scavenger hunt for the coveted records...