"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 ...

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, ...

There is a sad irony in writing an obituary for a man who spent his adult life as a funeral singer. For decades, Mbabila "Small" Batoh led his trio, fra fra, in providing funeral music throughout ...

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 ...

Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman’s Time To Say Goodbye topped the list (Invision/AP) The most popular songs chosen for funeral services have been unveiled. Opera stars Andrea Bocelli and Sarah ...

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 ...

When you think of funeral music what songs come to mind? Hymns and classical music used to be people’s go to – but all that’s changing. Gerry and the Pacemaker’s ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ has taken ...

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Mbabila "Small" Batoh and his group would perform at funerals in Ghana through the night, singing the departed into the afterlife. Batoh died this month at age 74, reportedly of COVID. (Marilena ...