Beyoncé made history this week as the first Black woman to top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart with her new single, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which featured instrumentals from an award-winning musician ...

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 ...

Pop superstar Beyoncé released "Texas Hold 'Em" a few weeks ago and it features an instrument that she had never emphasized before. This hit song, on her new (and hugely popular) Cowboy Carter album, ...

Of course, an official Juneteenth event would probably not have included Steve Martin, although Giddens made her position clear that everybody should be able to make a claim on the banjo now, however ...

Quick: What do Beyoncé and Yo-Yo Ma have in common? Rhiannon Giddens, who is having a moment in the national spotlight thanks to her banjo-playing on Queen Bey's new country hit "Texas Hold 'Em." ...

Grammy- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens plays the banjo and viola on Beyoncé’s new song, “Texas Hold ’Em.” The Greensboro, NC, native is considered an icon in folk music and has ...