Anyone who's ever lost a furry friend knows that a dog is never "just a dog." Your dog is an important part of your family, and when that dog passes on, the grief can be just as potent as if you'd ...

Country music is built upon a bedrock of storytelling, and alongside many of the genre's most beloved topics, such as romance, heartbreak, romantic betrayal, small-town nostalgia and familial ties, is ...

Leon Thomas' soulful ballad "Mutt" joins a long line of songs with dog themes or variations of dog words in their titles to make the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. While our focus here is on top 40 ...

Losing a dog hits you like nothing else. One day, they’re there for every meal and every walk, and suddenly the house feels too big. Grief for a pet is real, even if people don’t always talk about it.

Let songs from Lorde, boygenius, Mitski and more help push through a sticky, sludgy August. By Dani Blum This is Dani Blum, a health reporter and sometimes music writer at The New York Times, back ...

Leon Thomas’ “Mutt” is the top dog on Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart (dated April 12) as it leads the list with a 3-1 jump. On the multimetric chart, which combines streaming, radio airplay and sales ...