(1977-02-21) February 21, 1977 (age 47) Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Genres
Folk
old-time music
bluegrass
country
gospel
blues
jazz
soul
R&B
Celtic
Americana
Instruments
Vocals
fiddle
banjo
viola
Years active
2005–present
Labels
Music Maker
Nonesuch
Formerly of
Carolina Chocolate Drops
The New Basement Tapes
Website
Official website
Musical artist
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. In addition to her work with the Grammy-winning[1] Chocolate Drops, Giddens has released five solo albums: Tomorrow Is My Turn (2015) and Freedom Highway (2017), 2019 and 2021's There Is No Other and They're Calling Me Home (both collaborations with Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi), and You're the One (2023). She appears in the Smithsonian Folkways collection documenting Mike Seeger's final trip through Appalachia in 2009, Just Around The Bend: Survival and Revival in Southern Banjo Styles – Mike Seeger’s Last Documentary (2019).[2] In 2014, she participated in the T Bone Burnett-produced project titled The New Basement Tapes along with several other musicians, which set a series of recently discovered Bob Dylan lyrics to newly composed music. The resulting album, Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes, was a top-40 Billboard album.
In 2023, the opera Omar, co-written by Giddens and Michael Abels, won the Pulitzer Prize for Music.[3][4]
^"Past Winners Search". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
^"Just Around the Bend: Survival and Revival in Southern Banjo Sounds - Mike Seeger's Last Documentary". folkways.si.edu. Smithsonian Folkways. September 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
RhiannonGiddens (born February 21, 1977) is an American musician known for her eclectic folk music. She is a founding member of the country, blues, and...
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an American composer best known for the opera Omar, co-written with RhiannonGiddens, and his genre-defying scores for the Jordan Peele films Get Out, Us...
singer-songwriters collaborating as Our Native Daughters. The group includes RhiannonGiddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell. The album was released...
2019, consisting of vocal tracks with artists such as Willie Nelson, RhiannonGiddens, and Josh Homme. The score album was released in August 2019, mostly...
members Jim James, Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford, Taylor Goldsmith, and RhiannonGiddens. The group is best known for their 2014 album Lost on the River: The...
2015; Du Yun in 2017; Ellen Reid in 2019; Tania León in 2021; and RhiannonGiddens in 2023. In addition to being the first woman to receive the award...
by American singer-songwriter and Carolina Chocolate Drops vocalist RhiannonGiddens, and Italian jazz musician Francesco Turrisi. The album was produced...
Beck, Ashley Monroe, Los Lobos, The Avett Brothers, Bettye LaVette, RhiannonGiddens, Raphael Saadiq, Edie Brickell, Steve Martin, and others. The film...
Wonder, Paul McCartney, Nile Rodgers, Jon Batiste, Gary Clark Jr., and RhiannonGiddens. Cowboy Carter was met with universal acclaim upon release; critics...
produced by WQXR in collaboration with Metropolitan Opera and hosted by RhiannonGiddens. The show debuted in 2018 and has released three seasons of episodes...
music. He is a former member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and the RhiannonGiddens band, and has been nominated for Grammy and Americana awards. Hubby...
Marcus Mumford of Mumford and Sons, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, RhiannonGiddens of Carolina Chocolate Drops, and Elvis Costello during the recording...
Andrea Davidson and RhiannonGiddens, the latter a member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, on backing vocals. For the single edit, Giddens sings some lines...
Single Record of the Year Nominated 2017 "Kill a Word" (featuring RhiannonGiddens) Song of the Year Nominated Eric Church Merle Haggard Spirit Award...
musical collective Our Native Daughters alongside fellow musicians RhiannonGiddens, Leyla McCalla, and Amythyst Kiah. In 2019, the group released the...
in his honor. The opera Omar, inspired by ibn Said and written by RhiannonGiddens and Michael Abels, had its debut at the Sottile Theater during the...
moon". Giddens backed the song with banjo, while Simon accompanied on guitar. The song has been covered by many artists, notably RhiannonGiddens, Willie...
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