Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Enrique Arnaiz Lafuente via Shutterstock Emotion is at the heart of country music, and it's what makes the genre such a godsend ...

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 ...

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 ...

UPPER MARLBORO, Maryland (RNS) — Smallwood, an eight-time Grammy nominee, died on Dec. 30, at age 77 of complications from kidney failure.

The Songs We Sing at Funerals is a darkly funny, deeply human tapestry of grief, dysfunction, and the strange beauty of goodbyes. Told through a series of loosely connected funeral vignettes, the play ...

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 ...