Episode 54 - Memphis Minnie

<div class="">Episode 54 - Memphis Minnie</div> <div class=""> </div> <div class="">In this episode, we drop in on our New York-based sister spinoff show, DLS NYC, which returned to the KGB Bar’s Red Room after a long hiatus. DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens happened to be visiting from Berlin, and took to the stage to introduce the fabulous Memphis Minnie. </div> <div class=""> </div> <div class="">Tobacco-chewing blues singer <strong class="">MEMPHIS MINNIE</strong> (1897–1973) ran away from home at the age of 13 and made a living off music from then on, from street performances to hundreds of now classic recordings. It was said she never put her guitar down until she could no longer hold it in her hands, and she was known to use it as a weapon when required. Her songs were about the joys and hardships of everyday Black life; according to the poet Langston Hughes, she played “music with so much in it folks remember, that sometimes it makes them holler out loud.” Largely forgotten for many years while white men covered her songs, she is now celebrated for her huge contribution to blues music and what came after. </div> <div class=""> </div> <div class="">DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire joins producer/host Susan Stone for the introducing duties, and to flag up some of our upcoming shows, at Muenster’s Center for Literature’s Droste Festival on June 18: <a class="" href= "https://www.burg-huelshoff.de/en/programm/kalender/droste-festival-2022"> https://www.burg-huelshoff.de/en/programm/kalender/droste-festival-2022</a></div> <div class=""> </div> <div class="">And at Podfest Berlin July 16-17: <a class="" href= "https://www.podfestberlin.com/">https://www.podfestberlin.com</a></div> <div class=""> </div> <div class="">Listen along to all of Florian’s favorites with our Memphis Minnie playlist:</div> <div class=""><a href= "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2WSTvaocIKcJCGNGKtVDrh?si=d356b954c66245fd" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2WSTvaocIKcJCGNGKtVDrh?si=d356b954c66245fd</a> </div