Ryuichi Sakamoto's management have shared a playlist he compiled to be played at his funeral. Sakamoto died earlier this year and, per a statement released alongside the funeral playlist, "lived with ...

There’s allowing one’s work to commingle with one’s life, and then there’s ensuring your funeral has a good soundtrack. Yet one of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s greatest attributes was trying to make the world ...

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 ...

Ringo was the only one who could put the beat in The Beatles. His immense but understated drumming skills provided the backbone of some of the biggest hits of all time. Without Ringo’s talents, the ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto died on March 28, having been diagnosed with colon cancer in 2021 and throat cancer in 2014. When his management initially announced the news of his death, the team wrote that the ...

These songs may be hits… but that doesn’t mean they should be played at every event, especially not funerals. Time and place are important factors to consider when it comes to these songs, like the ...

Say you are looking for something in the range of one to four hours of music to be played at your own funeral (or perhaps the funeral of your friend...let's call him Steve), or at the wake following ...

On Thursday, Nashville country music couple Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood performed at former President Jimmy Carter's funeral in Washington, D.C. The couple performed John Lennon's song "Imagine" ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by For centuries, the format of British royal funerals has largely stayed the same, with a history that tells the story of both the monarchy and music.