Ontworteld

About

Ontworteld is a concert series conceived by River Adomeit, a musician based at Amsterdam's Splendor. The project takes roots music, folk and blues as its raw material and reimagines it in fresh contexts, bringing together different performers around a shared repertoire. Adomeit anchors the ensemble on double bass. Each edition centres on a particular theme or tradition, drawing on the deep well of American vernacular music, from the blues songwriting of W.C. Handy to the folk and prison songs made famous by Leadbelly. The result is something that sits comfortably across blues, folk and jazz without belonging entirely to any one of them.