An interview with Rhiannon Giddens ahead of Biscuits & Banjos, the landmark festival the musician is bringing to Durham this ...

"I got stopped in Japan at a temple by Black American women who said, 'We love your work,' " Giddens said with a laugh. "It ...

At a time when the powers that sadly be in America are trying their damnedest to erase and rewrite history, the latest ...

I think that friction is a good way to look at the music because of this rub between white and black. So country music come from the South because this is where slavery happened. But now it's all ...

Inspired by long-lost folk melodies, gospel, opera and bluegrass, the electrifying singer and banjo player gives fresh voice to old American traditions Justin Davidson Giddens with her beloved ...

I am SO excited about this week’s cover star, Rhiannon Giddens. Her new album is out ... an impossible-to-describe touring podcast, music, and labor history show about the exploited army of ...

When Beyoncé teased her country-tinged album Cowboy Carter last February, the first sound anyone heard was Rhiannon Giddens’ banjo ... other transaction in the music industry.” ...

Rhiannon Giddens has been talking for quite some time ... what it means to be doing cultural and historical work in a hyper-capitalist music industry, the perils of prioritizing collaboration ...

As part of the RCM's Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage series, Giddens will perform alongside Justin Robinson (vocals, fiddle and banjo), Dirk Powell (vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle and ...

Those include Rhiannon Giddens, an accomplished folk musician ... How a Powerless Underclass Made the Powerful Music that Made America. “I would love to take readers on a trip through American ...

Ludwig Göransson’s original soundtrack for “Sinners,” Ryan Coogler’s latest film, will feature collaborations with artists ...

It was from those encounters that the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops emerged, bringing Thompson’s music to the wider world. Giddens and the band changed the way the banjo – so often derided ...