rabbiofberlin,
an avel can sing, right? (not sure they’re really in the mood – but there’s no halacha against it.)and technically on tisha baav you could too. we’re not here to make up halachas – just to find out the old ones.
i’ll be honest: i’m not the biggest music freak, but i do listen to whatever i want, whenever i want to. but i’m not gonna lie and say it’s muttar – i’d rather know i’m doing something wrong than fool myself.
i don’t listen to aka pella – i have no reason to – i just wanted to point that out.
and about hilchos aveilim, you might be right (i know nothing about those halachos – thank god) but wouldn’t you feel a little guilty if you were in that situation and you chose to be as meikil as possible? i know i would feel like i cheated. even if it’s muttar.
and that’s coming from me. (i don’t think you know me – if you read through some of the other threads you’ll get it.)