I am thinking of putting together a CD for a friend who lost her DH recently.
Kate Boydell in her book "Death and How to Survive It" suggests music to listen to and embrace your grief, rather than trying to keep it at arm's length:
Amsterdam - Coldplay
High and Dry - Radiohead
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
Everybody Hurts - REM
This Woman's Work - Kate Bush
Achilles Heel - Toploader
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
Far Away - Carole King
Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
Stay with Me Baby - Lorraine Ellison
Rene and Georgette Magritte - Paul Simon
Time after Time - Everything by the Girl
Home Again - Carole King
With a Song in my Heart - Ella Fitzgerald
Days - Kirsty MaColl
Not sure about all of those, but I would definitely add:
Adagio - Barber
Benedictus (part of the Armed Man Suite) - Karl Jenkins
Feeling a Moment - Feeder
The Sun's Comin' Over The Hill - Karine Polwart
Dry - Feeder
All I Want Is You - U2
Calm Like a Bomb - Rage Against the Machine
The Water is Wide - Steeleye Span
Anyone else know of any music which might bring the grief closer?