I have been staying for the week with dear friends of my mum who kindly offered to look after my daughter so I could have some time to work on this. It has been such a nourishing week and I have been researching grief practices from Ireland and West Africa, both places I have spent time in. The research was most productive! I wrote an acappella song about death inspired by a Congolese transition/funeral song and also some wordless vocal music with piano accompaniment inspired by the Irish tradition of Keening. (For more information about keening, the following link is an excellent place to start:
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