The heart of country music is love songs and honoring where you come from. However, country music also has its share of songs about mourning, grief, and death. Let’s look at a few famous examples of ...

Rock music has always been a great genre for narratives about love, loss, fame, and power. However, there are quite a few particularly beautiful rock songs out there about death, each written with a ...

"I can write words but I don't really feel like singing them." Robert Smith's macabre sensibilities helped launch the Cure to massive success — but nowadays the musician is finding it harder to write ...

Richard Russell of XL Recordings’ new album as Everything Is Recorded bridges life and death, with contributions from Florence Welch, Sampha, Noah Cyrus and more. Credit...Alice Zoo for The New York ...