You’re bound to be playing banjo, but you’ve also got Dirk Powell, who is this amazing banjo player… Well, Dirk plays all the things; he plays fiddle, banjo, guitar, Cajun and Creole accordion. I put ...

Celebrated singer. songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens announced Tuesday that she will be headlining and curating a festival of her own making, Biscuits & Banjos, celebrating Black ...

That may not be an immediate rib-tickler for everyone, but it counts as one for anyone who has followed Giddens just enough to know that reclaiming the banjo as a Black instrument has been a mission ...

Rhiannon Giddens got back on the porch with a few familiar faces. “I think we’ve forgotten the idea of porch music — locusts, hives, kids playing next door,” the eclectic singer and banjoist is saying ...

Welcome to my porch, the eclectic singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens announced at the start of American Tunes, a trip through the past and present of American roots music she’d created for the ...

There was a good share of on-stage comedy happening at Rhiannon Giddens’ all-star roots music night Wednesday at the Hollywood Bowl. That much was assured, with Ed Helms hosting the evening, and with ...