‘Ma Rainey’ composer, Branford Marsalis, on the Netflix film’s power in expressing the heart of the blues, and encapsulating an essential part of American music history.“They don’t care nothing about me,” says legendary blues singer Ma Rainey in the Netflix film...
It was written by Catholics to mock a failed Siege of Chartes by the Protestant Prince de Condé during the French Wars of Religion in the 16th century. When it was first brought in, there were protests. It was regarded as a song for ‘Oranje Royalists’, and many so...