Why We Listen to the Blues

from Welcome to Your Life · host John Alan Turner

Why do we reach for music that matches our sorrow instead of trying to out-cheer it? This episode explores blues music as companionship rather than cure — and what it teaches us about how to live with hard things instead of escaping them.

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