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Rhiannon Giddens summons brilliance and reimagines American folk music in her latest release Hope Is the Thing with Feathers.

There are singers who perform history, and there are singers who make history feel alive. Rhiannon Giddens does both.

North Carolina native Rhiannon Giddens, a Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning musician, composer and instrumentalist, will be ...

Rhiannon Giddens doesn’t usually make pop music, but she wrote and played the banjo riff on Beyoncé’s country single, “Texas Hold ‘Em.” She comes from the Black string band tradition, is the artistic ...

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Originating with enslaved Africans, the banjo is now being reclaimed by Black musicians in contemporary music ...

Giddens sings and plays music throughout this interview. Click the audio link above to get the full experience. Musician Rhiannon Giddens describes herself as "a folkie to the bone." "There's times ...

Giddens and her long-time musical collaborator and writing partner, Dirk Powell, co-produced this new album, recorded live ...

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A self-described "folkie to the bone," Giddens sings and plays banjo and fiddle in this interview. Her latest album, Hope Is the Thing with... Rhiannon Giddens' banjo connects her to her ancestors: ...