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Great Grief

Nnenna Freelon
Grief
Loss
Nature
Gardening
Family Traditions
Black Community
Holiday Traditions
December
Family Heritage
Holidays
Love
Ancestry
Memory
Family Gatherings
Cooking
Creativity
Singing
Resilience

A podcast about loving greatly through grief WITH NNENNA FREELON. Jazz singer Nnenna Freelon extends an invitation to improvise with loss in her award-winning podcast Great Grief. As a widow and self -described grief sojourner, Freelon uses tools she learned as a jazz musician to live with sorrow’s song. Bearing witness to loss and change with musically supported storytelling, listen to Great Grie... more

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In this episode, I reflect on the idea of an encore—that unexpected moment when you are called back to the stage.

As a young jazz singer on my first European tour, I experienced my first encore and discovered something powerful: the space between w... more

Valentine’s Day can stir many things — joy, memory, longing, even sorrow. Not everyone greets it with candy and flowers. So instead of wishing you a happy Valentine’s Day, I offer you something else: a love bouquet from my heart to yours.

Recorded l... more

Welcome to Season 3 of Great Grief.

In this episode, I sit with the word “loss.” What does it mean to lose something? A bag. A job. A sense of direction. A beloved. What does it mean to feel lost yourself?

Through meditation, storytelling, and song... more

Welcome to Season 3 of Great Grief!

This season I’m listening closely—to stories, songs, and the quiet places where grief lives beneath the surface. In this opening episode, I share ancestral stories of my grandmother and great-grandmother, reflecti... more

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4.8 out of 5 stars from 63 ratings
  • Soothing

    A very special podcast for fellow travelers, especially those who have lost their partner after many years of marriage

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sammi Rebecca
    United States3 years ago
  • Just found this

    Referred by Phoebe Judge from her Love podcast

    I like this it’s done very well

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    c-crash
    United States3 years ago
  • This is beautiful

    I’m late to the show, but I’m a few episodes in and this is beautiful. The details, the stories, the score, the way she speaks of her love with so much elegance. I am amazed, impressed, and inspired.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    JyQu3
    United States3 years ago
  • So deeply profound and wise effort of honoring Phil, their union, family and life that still goes on...with Miss Grief at the Wheel of Emotion!! Carry on, #muthasista!! 🌹💝💜

    Audible
    5
    Timothy Holley
    United States3 years ago
  • Profound Peace amid Great Grief...

    So deeply profound and wise effort of honoring Phil, their union, family and life that still goes on...with Miss Grief at the Wheel of Emotion!! Carry on, #muthasista!! 🌹💝💜

    Audible
    5
    Timothy Holley
    United States3 years ago

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