Hubby Jenkins is carrying the tradition forward and enjoying the ride. In a performance recently in a large craft brewery in Norfolk, Virginia, he showed off his prodigious talents with banjo, (parlor-size, acoustic) guitar, voice, and bones. He’d played shortly […]
Little did I know some 12-15 years ago, when, as a member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Rhiannon Giddens played a house concert in my hometown, that she would today be acclaimed as one of the foremost artists of roots […]
Rhiannon Giddens at Bluesfest Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
Rhiannon Giddens performing at Bluesfest Byron Bay (March 26th, 2016).
Welcome to Musicology 101 – tonight’s lesson – “the history of protest, subversion, and cultural resistance from musicians of color throughout the history of the United States” – as presented by Professors Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Bhi Bhiman. When these three […]
While it’s a little hard to admit that every now and then I can lose my focus and get sidetracked, there are those occasions when I take on a particular subject only to end up somewhere else. For example, about […]
Last Record Store Day I trundled out of the house to nearby Silver Platters Records, one of my go-to record stores in a city (Seattle) rife with great choices. Record Store Day has become something of an excuse for corporate […]
Our story begins in Ohio, at Oberlin College. A busy college conservatory hallway, where deep-thinking coeds bustle past, discussing music theory and other heady ideas. In walks a young woman from Greensboro, NC, named Rhiannon Giddens – tall and dark-skinned, […]
Carolina Chocolate Drops 10/11/14 Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ
Carolina Chocolate Drops 10/11/14 Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ
