Why it's a good choice: One of the most sung hymns at funerals, this is really a prayer to God to stay with him in death as He did with us in life. Henry Francis Lyte, Vicar of Brixham in Devon ...

"Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. Praise the Lord with the lyre, make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! Sing to him a new song, play skilfully on the strings, ...

There's nothing like the sound of Christmas hymns to evoke the joy ... At the time, it was performed with guitar accompaniment during an almost silent night at Father Mohr’s church in a small ...

From the blissfully ignorant months before the pandemic to Brat Summer, here are the greatest songs that moved culture, ...

The most resonant dominant chord you can play on the guitar and very easy to play. This is the moveable variant of the open ...

Hymns mean so much to so many people and if you have a favourite BBC Songs of Praise would like to know. Choose your all-time number one from the 100 hymns and worship songs that have been most ...

Schopenhauer’s theory was that the will is so ineffable that the nonverbal language of music alone could grant access to this ...

Rejoice, birth-giver of the aromatic balm of the King of all. Rejoice, O Bride unwedded, the world's salvation." The Akathist Hymn is a profound, devotional poem, which sings the praises of the Holy ...

Many hobo hymns strive to convey the dignity of the ... schooled Rodgers in the blues and taught him how to play banjo and guitar. Frail and sickly, Rodgers was forced to abandon his career ...

He recalls breaking out of the Netherlands, his relationship with former guitarist Jan Akkerman, and the one album he’d like ...

A new tune for a hymn commissioned by the King in honour of the Royal family’s beloved tiny chapel at Balmoral will be broadcast for the first time on Sunday, the second anniversary of Queen ...

A veteran of one of King Crimson’s classic lineups, John Wetton’s amazing career took him through a host of British prog ...