We witness the brave early 1990s coming-out of Melissa Etheridge, the very moving banjo music of Rhiannon Giddens, and H.E.R.’s moving response to racial injustice with I Can’t Breathe. Louder also honors the trailblazing work of 90s hip-hop luminaries like Queen Latifah and Salt-n-...
Right now though, she's trying to recognize the Rhiannon Giddens who is emerging. Onstage, the down-home country girl has grown up and gone glam. The Carolina Chocolate Drops are along for the ride, but Giddens is the only original member left -- and there's no doubt, it's her show...
Last fall, the strands of singer Rhiannon Giddens’s life and the hybrid tapestry of American music wound together in one evening-long whirl. At 5 p.m. she joined Eric Church to sing the country anthem “Kill a Word” onThe Tonight Show. Then she rushed to Merkin Hall to give a recit...
was founded in 1998 by cellist Yo-Yo Ma. It initially focused on instruments and traditions from along the historical Silk Road, but has since vastly expanded its scope and reach. With this, Giddens becomes the only person to hold the artistic director position after Ma, who stepped back ...
“That story has always been inherently there,” says Allison Russell, “it just hasn’t been excavated and highlighted.” When Giddens first threw out the idea to Russell and Kiah, the duo immediately became excited. “That’s brilliant,” they responded, looking at each other. ...