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 ...
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 ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As a singer, songwriter and instrumentalist, Rhiannon Giddens crosses musical divides. Trained as an opera singer, she also plays a mean country fiddle. Folk, bluegrass, gospel ...
A renowned banjo player and a 2000 graduate of Oberlin College, Giddens has had quite the recent five-year run. Credit: (Ebru Yildiz/Submitted) Rhiannon Giddens is on her way to Tucson this month. She ...
Getting a reasonable fix on the essence of Rhiannon Giddens can be tricky business, entailing an evolving, moving target. Where does the category-seeking observer place this unique cultural phenom and ...
Grammy- and Pulitzer Prize-winner Rhiannon Giddens tells the story of working class people through her music — one she describes on her last solo album in 2023, “You’re the One,” as “American” music, ...