Posts Tagged: The Happiest Music of the Year
ACL 2025 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
Are you in the mood for some happy music? We’ve got just the list for you! The artists on this year’s list know that life can be tough, and offer literal notes of encouragement. One finds beauty in the mundane;
ACL 2025 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
Are you in the mood for some happy music? We’ve got just the list for you! The artists on this year’s list know that life can be tough, and offer literal notes of encouragement. One finds beauty in the mundane;
ACL 2024 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
We all need happy music: music to lift our moods, raise our spirits and distract us from our problems. These ten albums provide a wide range of panaceas, from peaceful reassurance to high-energy cheer. Happy artists don’t ignore the world’s
ACL 2024 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
We all need happy music: music to lift our moods, raise our spirits and distract us from our problems. These ten albums provide a wide range of panaceas, from peaceful reassurance to high-energy cheer. Happy artists don’t ignore the world’s
ACL 2023 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
There’s never a bad time for happy music. Happy music comes in a variety of intensities, from peaceful and comforting to joyful and ebullient to silly and fun. The type of happy music one listens to can be tailored to
ACL 2023 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
There’s never a bad time for happy music. Happy music comes in a variety of intensities, from peaceful and comforting to joyful and ebullient to silly and fun. The type of happy music one listens to can be tailored to
ACL 2022 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
The world had another hard year in 2022, and it’s sometimes hard to see hope on the horizon. As we fight our battles, we need the nourishment of happy music that is positive without being saccharine. One common theme below
ACL 2022 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
The world had another hard year in 2022, and it’s sometimes hard to see hope on the horizon. As we fight our battles, we need the nourishment of happy music that is positive without being saccharine. One common theme below
ACL 2021 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
Few would call 2021 a happy year, although it was graced by moments of hope: a (short lived) political shift, a vaccine, a summit on climate change. But somehow, without warning, any day could bring a whiff of happiness: a
ACL 2021 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
Few would call 2021 a happy year, although it was graced by moments of hope: a (short lived) political shift, a vaccine, a summit on climate change. But somehow, without warning, any day could bring a whiff of happiness: a
ACL 2020 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
The year was so rough that we feared there would be no happy music. Thankfully, we found that we had reviewed plenty in every genre! The very concept of happiness is difficult to define, and a wide definition includes inner
ACL 2020 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
The year was so rough that we feared there would be no happy music. Thankfully, we found that we had reviewed plenty in every genre! The very concept of happiness is difficult to define, and a wide definition includes inner
ACL 2019 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
Are you ready for some holiday cheer that has naught to do with the holidays? After sifting through thousands of albums, we believe we’ve found the happiest music of 2019! This is music for playpens, for beaches, for the open
ACL 2019 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
Are you ready for some holiday cheer that has naught to do with the holidays? After sifting through thousands of albums, we believe we’ve found the happiest music of 2019! This is music for playpens, for beaches, for the open
ACL 2018 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
This is our list of the happiest music we’ve reviewed in 2018. As Ren & Stimpy once put it, “Happy, happy, joy, joy!” But what type of music fits the definition? There’s a wide variety of happy music on the
ACL 2018 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
This is our list of the happiest music we’ve reviewed in 2018. As Ren & Stimpy once put it, “Happy, happy, joy, joy!” But what type of music fits the definition? There’s a wide variety of happy music on the
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