Aperitif lecture Nette Mortelmans

Nette Mortelmans knows pioneers of classic female blues like no other and brings captivating interpretations of these forgotten songs. The earliest blues recordings we know were sung by women. Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith were the pioneers of classic female blues. Their outspoken songs were a source of inspiration for talented female blues musicians such as Merlin Johnson, Victoria Spivey and Memphis Minnie. Nette Mortelmans knows this unknown branch of the blues like no other and brings captivating interpretations of these forgotten songs. Furious, mischievous, melancholic and combative passages pass in review.