Friday, 8/22/2025
at 7:30 PM



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When Rag Doll was founded in 2012, singer Käthe von T. and pianist Amy Protscher agreed: Bessie Smith is to blame for their dedication to the 1920s and its music with Rag Doll. The emotional exuberance and the coarse yet honest humor of the "Empress of the Blues," Bessie Smith, and her contemporaries from Ma Rainey and Ethel Waters to Alberta Hunter continually inspire the Berlin musicians to be transported back to this golden age of music and its stories.

Joining them is Ulrikke Hanspach-Torkildsen from Oslo, whose furious virtuosity on the trombone completes the lineup of the classic Bessie Smith trio. Together, the three Berlin musicians fully engage their audience with heart and soul, taking them on a journey into the golden age of Ragtime, Boogie Woogie, Harlem Stride, and Barrelhouse. The spark ignites immediately, and they transform every stage into a grand, old juke joint in the American South of the 1920s. And as it is in places like these: Listening, swinging, and dancing is allowed until the air burns. Welcome to the Roaring Twenties!

Admission: 6:30 PM / The event takes place outdoors in all weather.

Event data provided by: Reservix

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