Just like elevators, grocery stores are notorious for playing dull music. But as it turns ... grocery store aisles to the beat of the background music, know the store has you in mind.

“I could not relate, coming from a working-class, rural background, to so much of pop culture,” he said in an interview. “I think that’s why the music meant even more for me as a ...

But in an age when many of us spend our time staring at a computer screen, music has also become a mode of escape from outside distractions or dull tasks. So how useful is music when it comes to ...