“I’m interested in the throughline. That’s always what I’m interested in.” Rhiannon Giddens is speaking from her home office in Ireland, stacks of books and skeins of yarn piled on a ...

When Beyoncé teased her country-tinged album Cowboy Carter last February, the first sound anyone heard was Rhiannon Giddens' banjo. Giddens, who lent her distinctive instrument to the single ...

View here. According to the livestream description, the experience will allow viewers to watch, “Live from the sold-out first ever Biscuits and Banjos Festival, Rhiannon Giddens’ Carolina ...

Among the many other highlights slated around the city are free sets from Rhiannon Giddens, Femi Kuti with The Positive Force, The Roots, Lettuce with Styles P, Ron Carter’s Great Big Band ...