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 ...

"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 ...

The most popular songs chosen for funeral services have been unveiled. Opera stars Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman’s Time To Say Goodbye has topped the list of popular works to be played at wakes ...

Planning your own funeral might not be at the top of your to-do list but if there’s one thing you should have a say in, it’s the song that plays as you make your grand exit. In this story, we’re going ...

Alfred James Funerals managing director Graham James said the Tina Turner song was up with the most unusual his staff had experienced at a service. The Angels frontman Doc Neeson’s funeral last ...

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 ...

Scots are ditching hymns for chart hits when it comes to music for their funeral. This year’s Scottish Funeral Music Chart does not have one hymn, with people opting for rock anthems and classic pop ...

Madcap mastermind John Dwyer has kept up his non-stop string of releases over the past year with albums from projects like Moon Drenched and Gong Splat, which Dwyer made with a whole bunch of friends ...