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Rhiannon Giddens (born February 21, 1977) is an American musician known for her eclectic folk music. She is a founding member of the country , blues , and old-time music band the Carolina Chocolate Drops , where she was the lead singer, fiddle player, and banjo player.
Formed in November 2005, following the members' attendance at the first Black Banjo Gathering, held in Boone, North Carolina, in April 2005, the group grew out of the success of Sankofa Strings, an ensemble that featured Dom Flemons on bones, jug, guitar, and four-string banjo, Rhiannon Giddens on banjo and fiddle and Súle Greg Wilson on bodhrán, brushes, washboard, bones, tambourine, banjo ...
Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes is an album produced by T Bone Burnett featuring a collective of musicians recording under the moniker The New Basement Tapes—Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens, Taylor Goldsmith, Jim James and Marcus Mumford.
Presenters include Brady and Hoying, Bob Clearmountain, Rhiannon Giddens, Queen Sheba, Anoushka Shankar and Jimmy Jam. ... Here's how they ended up married. Lighter Side. CNN 'The Love Boat': How ...
It has been a landmark past 24 hours for Rhiannon Giddens, who yesterday (May 8) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music for the 2022 opera OMAR and today announced her first album of all original ...
Most people familiar with singer Rhiannon Giddens know her scholarly side. Earlier this year, she earned a Pulitzer Prize for co-writing the opera “Omar," about an enslaved Muslim man who lived ...
On September 15, 2013, Witcher married actress Mary Faber. They have two sons. ... Rhiannon Giddens: Tomorrow Is My Turn Fiddle, Violin, Guitar, Arranger (Strings, Horns)
Rhiannon Giddens co-wrote “Omar” based on the autobiography of an enslaved Muslim man living in the South.