Saturday night, we will be welcoming Ma Bessie and Her Pig Foot Band. Building on her passion for the Empress of the Blues, Julia Ttus started to perform as Ma Bessie in mid 2015 to share the music of Bessie Smith and her contemporaries with a new generation of listeners. Mixing Julia's rich, warm vocal sound with a dynamic group of musicians that look as well as sound the part. Ma Bessie combines classic blues and jazz tunes from the inter-war years with a selection of original songs and hand-picked covers from the last 50 years of popular music.