06 Kate Molleson on 'Bessie Smith'

Writer and BBC Radio 3 presenter Kate Molleson joins Jude to talk about the book Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay. As well as digging into the life of Bessie they also discuss how music provides solace, childhood encounters with music, whether women are allowed to be straight up authorities on music, radical lyrics and the complications of discussing a female musician’s clothes. Books mentioned in the podcast: Sound Within Sound: Opening Our Ears to the Twentieth Century by Kate Molleson Us Conductors by Sean Michaels The Musical Life of Gustav Mole by Kathryn Meyrick Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay You can buy Jude's book The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives here: Finally White Rabbit's Spotify Playlist of 'booksongs' - songs inspired by books loved by our guests - is here: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This episode is 37:56 long.

This episode was published on Aug 25, 2022.

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