Trailer - Season 1: Wailing Women

Grief is your shape-shifting step-sister. While she wasn't originally part of the plan, now she is coming with—no choice there. In order to shape your grief, you must first be willing to meet her where she lives. With "Wailing Women," the first four-part installment of Great Grief, Nnenna Freelon uses story and song to explore the profound beauty and irreparable losses we experience as Black women. When grief has broken not only the lover's heart but the sister's heart, the little girl, and the woman self, these layers live in thick and disorderly kinship. How does a sister speak to the widow? What does a daughter whisper to the wife? And what is our grief saying through it all? Join Scalawag on September 13, 2023, for the official launch of Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon, season 1: "Wailing Women." --- Unlike other podcasts on grief, Great Grief by Grammy-nominated vocalist Nnenna Freelon doesn’t give you a blueprint for how to get over it. Instead, she offers her own experiences as a wife, a sister, a Black woman, and a powerful jazz artist to help you get into it.  Each four-episode season is organized around topics that intertwine our grief experiences, topics like sisterhood, the inevitability of change, and Black love. A new collection drops every quarter, accompanied by a live opportunity for us to gather around our griefs in different cities across the South. Learn more: https://scalawagmagazine.org/great-grief/