rhiannon giddens
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Black Country Artists You Need to Add to Your Summer Playlist
With Black fans taking a renewed interest in country music, we’ve got suggestions for some Black country artists you can jam out to during summer.
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The Five Amazing Things We Learned from Beyoncé’s Very Black ‘Cowboy Carter’ Album
Becky with the Good Hair, a Beatles sample and more have already skyrocketed Bey’s country era album to the top of trending lists.
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Grammys 2022 Spring/Summer Playlist
These songs that were nominated or won big at the Grammys are perfect for you to enjoy all season long
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Commemorate History and Celebrate Juneteenth 2021 With These Events Happening All Across the Country
Looking for events to help you celebrate Juneteenth this year but don’t know where or how to begin? Don’t worry, this list has you covered!
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Jazz, Cocktails, and Conversation Abound for This Week's Round of Virtual Events
Alright, alright, alriiiiight. April is here and what better way to commemorate yet another month in this pandemic (booo) than by attending some fun (online) events! Though the seemingly unending nature of this panoramic continues to relegate our good times indoors, if there’s anything we’ve learned over this past year— it’s that just because it’s…
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In The Water: Rhiannon Giddens Pays Musical Tribute to the Painful Legacy of Wilmington, N.C.
Rhiannon Giddens is nothing if not prolific; the Grammy award-winner and Macarthur Genius Award recipient may have initially made her mark as co-founder and lead vocalist of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, but her musical acumen spans genres. From the roots music of her banjo-based all-female super-quartet Our Native Daughters (earning her one of two Grammy…
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Black Myself: Rhiannon Giddens Forms Supergroup ‘Our Native Daughters’ and Reclaims the Soul of Country Music
Four women. In 1966, Nina Simone famously sang the strikingly diverse yet intersecting narratives of four fictional-but-unforgettable black women. Now, four women who could be considered Simone’s spiritual daughters—award-winning musician and composer Rhiannon Giddens, acclaimed neo-folk singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah, classical and folk artist Leyla McCalla (formerly of Giddens’ Grammy-winning band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops), and…