podcast: wat zong mama vroeger voor jou?
In this podcast series, Rotterdam makers talk about their favorite music. And where does their musical inspiration come from? Music, a perfect entrance to get to know someone better. Because what says more about someone than what music he or she selects?
Program maker Babs Assink asks questions like “What was the first record you bought? Which song do you play when you're sad or have something to celebrate? What is your best memory of a live concert and where was it? And what is your ultimate love song?”.
episode 1: Candy Dulfer
Saxophonist Candy Dulfer, who shone in November at the birthday of beloved Jules Deelder, in the Grote Zaal of the Doelen, is the first guest in the podcast. About singing along to the Beatles in the car, father Hans Dulfer who honked during all the television programs, her quarrel and close friendship with legend Prince, and her all-encompassing love for music. And of course also what mom always sang to her!
episode 2: Ntjam Rosie
Ntjam Rosie, Cameroonian-Dutch jazz singer, grew up in her native Cameroon. After that, she emigrated to the Netherlands, where she went to live in Rotterdam. Ntjam talks about growing up with stories and singing, her musical inspiration Erykah Badu.
episode 3: Dina Medina
Dina Medina is a Dutch singer of Cape Verdean descent. She mainly represents the music style morna. This time a conversation about a desire for children, love and the women in her family.
episode 4: Gabriela Pimentel
Brazilian Gabriela Pimentel has been living in Rotterdam for over eighteen years. Gabriela discovered Nirvana by chance at a live performance at the age of 12. She shares this experience with us, her immense love for her son and the power of Brazilian culture and music.
episode 5: Maria Mendes
A beautiful podcast episode with Maria Mendes. The Portuguese singer, who has been living in the Netherlands for years, crosses genre boundaries by mixing fado, jazz and a touch of bossa nova. From a young age, Mendes and her mother went to concerts every weekend and before tucking in they sang Edelweiss together.
episode 6: Elizabeth Fadel
Elizabeth Fadel, multi-instrumentalist and composer with Brazilian roots. She tells us about her musical family and love for Bach, but besides the conversation there is singing, playing and a lot of laughter in the podcast.
episode 7: Isis Vaandrager
Isis Vaandrager, a true creative jack-of-all-trades. The Rotterdam urban/hip-hop stylist and creative director tells us about her collaborations with Ronnie Flex and what it was like to have Cor Vaandrager as a father. Isis grew up with soul and was the designated DJ at parties and events as a child.
episode 8: Meryem Slimani
Meryem Slimani; art blogger, art director and, in her own words: personal oversharer. She takes pictures of her mother in the most creative outfits on her balcony every week. Meryem shares her ambitions, childhood traumas and love for her family with us.
episode 9: Wendy Teixeira
Wendy from Cape Verde is a singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist. Her love for music originated in church. This love for music also translates into her work, as a nurse she sings for her patients.
episode 10: Gita Buhari
Gita is a Rotterdam singer of Ghanaian and Dutch descent. She tells us about her search for her identity, racism and her sources of inspiration for, among other things, her single that was released on May 8, 2020.
episode 11: Lisa Lukaszczyk
Singer and composer Lisa tells us about her love for music and how it came about. She also talks about the impact this special time has on her and the effect it has on her music.⠀
episode 12: Kika Sprangers
In the new episode, Babs Assink asks saxophonist Kika Sprangers about her love for music. What was your first record, what do you play when you're in love and what did your mother sing to you when she was younger?
episode 13: Oksana Savchuk
In the podcast, Oksana Savchuk talks about her youth in Ukraine, the war and injustice, the love for her country and the impact of the war on her life and that of her family. About militancy, melancholy and the comfort of music.
episode 14: Carrie Jansen
This week in the Doelen Podcast “What did your mommy sing for you’, the woman with the sharpest tongue in Rotterdam; Carrie Jansen. Known for her years of columns at Radio Rijnmond and VARA and now weekly in the Rotterdams Dagblad/AD.
episode 15: Ineke Smits
Today in the Podcast “What did your mother sing for you?’ the Rotterdam screenwriter and cinematographer Ineke Smits. She made the film ‘Little man, Time and the Troubadour, a poetic road movie in Abkhazia, the ‘Friesland of Georgia’, about refugees, and silent witnesses after a war.
episode 16: Ursula Skaug
Today in the Doelen podcast “What did your mommy sing to you when she was younger?’ 25-year-old viola player Ursula Skaug. Since September last year, Ursula has been a member of the Talent Academy of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
episode 17: Jacqueline Blom
Today in the Doelen Podcast “What did your mommy sing for you”, the Rotterdam-based actress Jacqueline Blom. Played in TV series and can now be seen in the Omroep Max series: “Tweede Hans’. Makes the podcast “The bitch and the whore’, about the neglected position of women in the cultural sector.
episode 18: Henca Maduro
Today in our Doelen Podcast What did your mother used to sing for you? Henca Maduro. Founder of Epitome Entertainment, started in 1999 to bring street dance, hip hop and break dance to the attention of established art forms.
episode 19: Loes Luca
Today in our Doelen Podcast What did your mommy used to sing for you? Rotterdam actress Loes Luca. Known from television series such as t ‘ Sheep with the 5 legs, Yes sister, no sister, Maud and Babs and her years of performances at the Parade.
listen to the corresponding playlists
For each podcast, we also created an accompanying Spotify playlist, with the artist's favorite songs and songs talked about during the podcast. Listen along or follow!
