FEEL THE SPIRIT! Musikalische Lesung mit Autor und Journalist Matthias Huff

In the organizer's words:

For Matthias Huff, gospel music is the best thing that could have happened to Christianity - and a source of fascinating stories. He takes us on a journey through several centuries of gospel music. In 30 gripping stories, he tells of a slave trader's turnaround that gave birth to Amazing Grace and Harriet Tubman's fight for freedom with Go Down Moses, of the rocking guitar heroine Rosetta Tharpe and Elvis' love of gospel, of legendary concert moments by Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin and Bob Marley, and of the inner struggles of Kirk Franklin and CeCe Winans in the present day. He sheds light on the cultural, historical and spiritual background of gospel music, which transcends all boundaries and whose power still echoes in modern pop music today - and inspires 100,000 members in 3000 gospel choirs in Germany. Emma Bombach (vocals) and Elias Huff (guitar) accompany the reading with swinging interpretations of gospel classics.

Matthias Huff (*1962 in Cologne) is a journalist and author. He studied German language and literature at the Free University of Berlin and wrote his doctoral thesis on the Austrian expressionist Albert Ehrenstein in 1993. He was a reporter at ZDF's Berlin regional studio and now works as head of the non-fiction editorial team for ARD and ZDF's KiKA .

In cooperation with the Kulturkeller Ulenspiegel

Price information:

Admission: €8 | reduced €6 | LZG members free