Emotion is at the heart of country music, and it's what makes the genre such a godsend for difficult times. Let these country songs about funerals and losing loved ones speak your grieving words for ...

Classic hymns and contemporary options. The most popular funeral songs are those that are comforting as well as uplifting. Traditional and contemporary Christian songs fit this category well. However, ...

"O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done." These evocative lines from Walt Whitman's famous poem encapsulate the emotional weight many of us feel when confronted with the end of a life journey ...

Selecting music for a funeral is an emotional task, as the right songs can beautifully capture the essence of the person who has passed. Funeral songs can be soothing, hopeful, or nostalgic, helping ...

A funeral song is often one of the most poignant moments of a ceremony, and Americans want to ensure it's truly unforgettable. New research conducted by Talker Researcher surveyed 2,000 American ...

Last week we discussed the issue of choosing a song for your funeral. I was disturbed by this study which found that the most popular songs for funerals are My Way, Wind Beneath My Wings, and ...

Music is traditional at a funeral, like "Mozart's Requiem" and "Amazing Grace." But, "Highway to Hell"? A cemetery manager in Adelaide, Australia, says he's getting more requests for classic rock than ...

When Duluth Central High School graduate Josh Revak was in the U.S. Army in Iraq, he wrote a song for a close friend who was killed in the war. He was asked to play the song at a military memorial ...

As a U.S. Army band arranger, Wall High School and Rutgers University grad Andrew Kosinski has written all kinds of music for concerts and special events. But nothing in the 26-year-old’s repertoire ...