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NEW YORK — Most people familiar with singer Rhiannon Giddens know her scholarly side. She won a MacArthur “genius grant” for her work making sure the contributions of Black Americans aren't ...
Rhiannon Giddens' new album You're the One has been in the works for 14 years – an impressive achievement. But then again, it's hard to think of something she can't do. The Grammy award-winning ...
Rhiannon Giddens is maxed out. She recently spent a weekend in Knoxville, Tenn., performing a series of concerts with Yo-Yo Ma and Chris Thile. She has a new album, her first collection of all ...
“You realize that he’s telling you far more with his choices of Quranic verses,” says musician Rhiannon Giddens. “What he chooses to quote, when, and in response to what — that’s ...
Rhiannon Giddens in London. “You’re the One,” an album due Aug. 18, is her most playful project yet.Credit...Serena Brown for The New York Times Supported by By Jon Pareles Rhiannon Giddens ...
When a musician of Rhiannon Giddens’ stature comes to perform in your town for the first time, a celebration is in order. So, hey, Miami, how about a good, old-fashioned porch party? The ...
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 s ...
By Joshua Barone “I mean, look: I’m bowled over right now,” the polymathic musician Rhiannon Giddens said from her home in Ireland on Monday, shortly after winning the Pulitzer Prize for music.