Book presentation: RUTA 61, UN VIAJE SONORO SIGUIENDO EL MISISIPI de Elena Ortega - FREE ADMISSION

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ELENA ORTEGA, author. JORDI CATALÀ, presenter. If you are passionate about traveling on secondary roads, start the engine and get ready for a great adventure through the birthplace of blues, jazz and modern music. Elena Ortega, who will travel the legendary Route 61 from end to end, -a journey of more than 5,000 kilometers between detours and parallel routes-, makes a personal chronicle that intertwines with the arrival of the famous artery and its people where music is the common thread. It is a sound journey always alongside the Mississippi, from New Orleans, -where African drums, laments from the cotton fields and spiritual songs are still heard-, to the source of the river, in Minnesota, passing through the Delta region, Memphis or St. Louis, and detours that include Nashville and Chicago blues or country, monuments, bars and museums; the emblematic points and those not so well known Elena Ortega, experienced 21 festivals, visited and spoke with all kinds of characters. The work is a jewel, a source of information, as rich as it is unpublished, with a detailed geographical, music