A psychologist told Newsweek: "At funerals, music becomes especially powerful, amplifying an already emotionally charged environment." ...

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 ...

It's almost always fun to pick out potential wedding songs, but how about a funeral song? A swan song, if you will. Frank Sinatra's "My Way" is the most requested song at British funerals, according ...

Death. Doesn’t seem all that fun. I mean, as far as I know. I suppose it could be a blast, all free breakfast buffets and Gatsby-esque soirées staffed by talking beagles in tuxedos. No way to tell, ...

If everything goes as planned, I’m going to die of (un)natural(ly cool) causes at the age of 104 in a pile of naked women, surrounded by chocolate fountains and a dedicated army of corgi minions. The ...

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 ...

As the writer of some of the most funerary music of all time, it is no suprise to learn that Nick Cave has given his funeral ...

Recently, a survey conducted in the UK revealed the most popular songs played at funerals. The big news everyone seems to be talking about is that Adele’s “Someone Like You — a song all about how ...

Marah Eakin While there are a lot of really appropriate answers to this question—Smog’s “Dress Sexy At My Funeral,” for example—I think ultimately I’d want a back-to-back combination of The Clancy ...