Rhiannon Giddens is maxed out. She recently spent a weekend in Knoxville, Tenn., performing a series of concerts with Yo-Yo Ma and Chris Thile. She has a new album, her first collection of ...

Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson, members of the groundbreaking Grammy-winning Americana, bluegrass, and folk trio The Carolina Chocolate Drops, have announced a new album, "What Did the Blackbird ...

Rhiannon Giddens is down at the river, carrying a flame of heritage, and she’s inviting anyone who wants to join her to come down and light their own wicks. Rivers are traditionally sites of salvation ...

MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: Musician Rhiannon Giddens is on a quest. And the facts of her own life are a compelling metaphor for the path she's forging. Born in 1977 to a Black mother and a white father, ...

Rhiannon Giddens' new album You're the One has been in the works for 14 years – an impressive achievement. But then again, it's hard to think of something she can't do. The Grammy award-winning ...

There is an intensity to Rhiannon Giddens I could feel from the moment she arrived at the Tiny Desk, and her songs reflect that spirit. "Ten Thousand Voices," the first song in the set, was inspired ...

It has been a landmark past 24 hours for Rhiannon Giddens, who yesterday (May 8) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music for the 2022 opera OMAR and today announced her first album of all original ...

Rhiannon Giddens sounded understandably giddy the morning after receiving her 2022 Pulitzer Prize for music in New York two weeks ago. But the source of her giddiness wasn’t this banjo-playing singer ...

NEW YORK — Most people familiar with singer Rhiannon Giddens know her scholarly side. She won a MacArthur “genius grant” for her work making sure the contributions of Black Americans aren't ignored in ...

Joined by her live band, Giddens took the stage with a banjo in hand, picking away at the instrumental opening of the song. “You Louisiana Man” opens with rousing fiddle and banjo before Giddens ...

Back in the summer of 2020, when racial justice protests were unfurling all across the country... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: George Floyd. George Floyd. CHANG: ...