Sweet Sister Moon: A Tribute to Women Composers and Singers

Sweet Sister Moon: A Tribute to Women Composers and Singers
(Book Release Show and Signing)
Friday, September 11
Indiana Poet Laureate Norbert Krapf, backed by jazz pianist-composer Monika Herzig, will recite poems from his new collection Sweet Sister Moon, a book of original poetry paying tribute to such blues and jazz singers as Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, the Hampton Sisters, Cassandra Wilson, Diana Krall, and Monika. Jazz vocalists Shannon Forsell and Brenda Williams will sing songs by some of these great women of song that inspired Norberts poems. The show will be followed by a book signing with Norbert.