If you've been gripping the great armchair of life, this week's All Songs Considered is here to help, with songs to lower the shoulders and slow the blood. NPR Music's Hazel Cills and Stephen Thompson ...

We've also got the one song scientists, presumably wearing lab coats in secret, underground facilities, determined is the single, most relaxing song of all time — so relaxing, it may reduce your ...

When we reach for songs to slow the blood, we find a lot of recurring themes. It's not just calming washes of amorphous, ambient tones. These are songs with something your brain can hold on to, with ...