Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The most popular funeral songs are comforting and uplifting. Traditional and contemporary Christian songs fit this category well.

OAKLAND VOCALIST Melanie DeMore is a music educator, activist and founding member of a Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble. (Photo by Kyndell Harkness) There’s a sense of urgency in Melanie DeMore’s voice ...

What song would you play to brighten someone’s day? How about to brighten someone’s pandemic? Musician, DJ and author Josh Urban had plenty of opportunities to contemplate those questions — and to ...

Although she makes her living as a professional singer and songwriter, it’s her charity that Palos Heights native Emily Cavanagh feels most passionate about. Called A Song for You, the effort began at ...

SAN ANTONIO — Roma spoke with Sandra Torres, the mother of one of the victims of Uvalde, and musician Jay Dominguez about a song that connects them both.

Knowing the end of life is near can be a heartbreaking, challenging time. One woman is trying to comfort those who are dying by penning them an original song. Songwriter Emily Cavanagh, like many, was ...

I glanced around the circle of friends and family gathered inside the white fence. There were many I knew, and many I did not. We had all come on behalf of Uncle Marcus who, after two and a half years ...

SAN ANTONIO — The pandemic put a severe dent in the services offered by the San Antonio chapter of the Threshold Singers. Established in 2018, the comfort- and peace-providing singers had to pivot to ...

In American culture, Christmas is often synonymous with joy. Many familiar carols proclaim this message, with “Joy to the World” resounding in thousands of churches, while its secular counterpart ...