Music from the Big House

Rita Chiarelli an awardwinning recording artist has decided to take a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the bluesLouisiana State Maximum Security Penitentiary aka Angola Prison She never imagined that her love of the blues would lead her to play with inmates serving life sentences for murder rape and armed robbery In what was once the bloodiest prison in America inmates relatives will be invited to listen alongside other prisoners to hear remarkable voices singing stories of hope and redemption Let yourself be swept away by one of Blues most soulful pilgrim daughters who is finding out if music really is an escape