I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for songs that aren't like weepy breakup fare but like just, grief songs. My examples are too obvious but I mean like, Danny Boy, Phil Ochs' When I'm Gone, Flogging Molly's If I Ever Leave This World Alive, Amazing Grace, etc, like songs that would be good for a wake. Any genre welcome, its not actually for a wake, just personal grieving
Ok. I’d Recommend vocal jazz. Listen to some Aretha Franklin, maybe some Diana Krall, Cecile mclorin savant (not sure of spelling), Gretchen parlato, and check out Emmet Cohen’s YouTube channel for any vocal music. This might be the best of both worlds - old timey, but complex and interesting and modern