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Kristin McGee

De vrouw in de popmuziek (Engelstalig)

Kristin McGee

De vrouw in de popmuziek (Engelstalig)

  • Woensdag 12 oktober 2016
  • start programma
  • (Tijden zijn indicatief en kunnen wijzigen)
  • Wednesday 12 october 2016
  • start of event
  • (Times are subject to change)

LET OP: dit gastcollege is engelstalig.

Extra informatie

Extra informatie

Kaartverkoop voor dit concert/deze voorstelling start wo 8 juni (exclusief Agenda-abonnees) en ma 13 juni (voor iedereen).

The Role of Women in Popular Music: From the Classic Blues Singer to the Global Pop Star
Women have long played a pivotal role in popular music from the first classic blues singers such as Bessie Smith in the 1920s to the internationally digitally mediated pop divas of today. This course highlights the ways that these talented performers have carved out performance careers within many different musical genres, all the while coping with the obstacles presented to them such as sexism or the demands for extreme beauty and youth. In this course, we look at the recordings and films of the classic blues singers of the Jazz Age, then move to the all-girl groups of the 1960s and travel to the 1990s to review the role of women artists in alternative music and as singer songwriters. Finally we examine how the contemporary digital climate of music video has provided new opportunities for today’s dance-oriented international pop stars.

Binnenkort bij SPOT

Soon at SPOT

Twee vrouwen poseren samen en glimlachen naar de camera in een warme binnenruimte.

Clean Pete

SPOT/De Oosterpoort

The most beautiful Dutch indie pop songs by the twin sistersYou know Clean Pete for their crystal-clear harmonies, guitar and cello, dry humor, a touch of philosophy, and the most beautiful Dutch indie pop songs. From five stunning albums on the Excelsior Recordings label, including the acclaimed Christmas album Gloria. From the sparkling festive buzz of their Christmas shows. From their cheerful Clean Pete Journal at major summer festivals like ITGWO and de Parade. At the beginning of 2026, twin sisters Loes and Renée will shake the Christmas glitter from their hair and tour together through the Netherlands with the theater concert Secrets. Besides the title track and Hout van jou — from their 2014 debut album Al zeg ik het zelf — they will also perform many new songs. Renée’s cello relentlessly lulls a song to sleep, while Loes cuts down a lover with an almost apologetic sneer in her voice. Secrets becomes one of those evenings when you leave the theater smiling, humming a song that stays with you for days.

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