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Rhiannon Giddens

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American musician. Rhiannon Giddens is an American musician. She is a founding member of the country, blues and old-time music band Carolina Chocolate Drops, where she is the lead singer, fiddle player, and banjo player.
In October 2017, Giddens was named one of the 2017 class of MacArthur "Genius" Fellows. The organization noted, "Giddens's drive to understand and convey the nuances, complexities, and interrelationships between musical traditions is enhancing our musical present with a wealth of sounds and textures from the past." Rhiannon further demonstrated the broad range of her musical interests with several subsequent projects. In early November, she performed as a soprano with the Louisville Orchestra in Teddy Abrams' multimedia tribute to Muhammad Ali, The Greatest. A week later, she sang with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra for their live recording of American Originals: 1918, which explored the early development of jazz during the post WWI era. In January 2018, Giddens co-produced (with Dirk Powell) Songs of Our Native Daughters for Smithsonian Folkways. Written and recorded with fellow artists Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell, "The album confronts the ways we are culturally conditioned to avoid talking about America's history of slavery, racism, and misogyny." Also in early 2018, the Nashville Ballet announced that Rhiannon Giddens has been commissioned to write the music for Lucy Negro, Redux, a new dance choreographed by artistic director, Paul Vasterling. Based on the book of the same name by Caroline Randall Williams, its premise is that Shakespeare's Dark Lady was of African descent. The ballet premiered in February 2019. Then in March 2018, Giddens fulfilled a previously announced engagement as guest curator for the Cambridge Folk Festival by inviting Peggy Seeger, Kaia Kater, Birds of Chicago, Amythyst Kiah, and Yola Carter to perform at the event.
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  • Tomorrow is My Turn

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  • Shake Sugaree

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  • Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind

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  • Last Kind Words

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    Last Kind Words
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  • O Love Is Teasin'

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  • Waterboy

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  • At the Purchaser's Option

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  • Black Is the Color

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    Black Is the Color
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  • Hey Bébé

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  • Up Above My Head

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  • Round About the Mountain

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  • Better Get It Right the First Time

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  • When I Was in My Prime (with Francesco Turrisi)

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  • We Could Fly

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  • The Angels Laid Him Away

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  • Amazing Grace (with Francesco Turrisi)

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  • Avalon (with Francesco Turrisi)

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  • Waterbound (with Francesco Turrisi)

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  • The Love We Almost Had

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  • Baby Boy

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  • 'S iomadh rud tha dhìth orm / Ciamar a nì mi 'n dannsa dìreach

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  • Freedom Highway

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  • Calling Me Home (with Francesco Turrisi)

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  • Birmingham Sunday

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  • Julie

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  • Wayfaring Stranger (with Francesco Turrisi)

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  • That Lonesome Road

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  • Following the North Star

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  • Nenna Nenna (with Francesco Turrisi)

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    Nenna Nenna (with Francesco Turrisi)
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  • Bully for You (with Francesco Turrisi)

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    Bully for You (with Francesco Turrisi)
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  • Trees on the Mountains (with Francesco Turrisi)

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  • O Death (with Francesco Turrisi)

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