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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. Giddens is a native of Greensboro, North Carolina.
Official website for Grammy Award-winning Musician, MacArthur recipient and Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens.
Acclaimed folk musician Rhiannon Giddens uses her art to excavate the past and reveal bold truths about our present. A MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and 2023 Pulitzer Prize winner, Giddens co-founded the GRAMMY Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, and is now a two-time GRAMMY winner, with eight additional nominations for her work as a ...
Rhiannon Giddens has made a singular, iconic career out of stretching her brand of folk music, with its miles-deep historical roots and contemporary sensibilities, into just about every field imaginable.
A two-time GRAMMY Award & Pulitzer Prize-winning singer and instrumentalist, MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient, & composer of opera (Omar), ballet (Black Lucy & the Bard), & film, Giddens has ...
Nov 17, 2023 · Rhiannon Giddens added to her impressive list of accomplishments earlier this year, when the Grammy Award winner and MacArthur Fellow won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in music as co-composer for the...
Giddens launched her solo career in 2015 with the critically acclaimed album Tomorrow Is My Turn, blending country, blues, jazz, and gospel on songs that honored the work of African-American ...
Aug 18, 2023 · After diversions into European music and opera, Rhiannon Giddens is writing and recording original material skewing closer to home on a new album.
Aug 7, 2023 · Giddens — the singer, songwriter, banjo player, fiddler and actress who won a MacArthur “genius grant” in 2017 — has devoted herself to serious, high-concept, deeply researched...
Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and leader of eclectic traditional folk group the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 2000s - 2020s. Born. February 21, 1977 in Greensboro, NC.
