Anyone with more than a passing interest in modern roots music will be familiar with Rhiannon Giddens. For those who aren’t, the fact that she numbers among only four artists to have performed at both the Newport Folk Festival and […]
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The FreshGrass Foundation (No Depression’s nonprofit publisher) and Silkroad announced a new collaboration today, in which the two organizations will partner to create a complete program of new music titled The American Railroad. Founded by 18-time Grammy award-winning cellist […]
Through her banjo virtuosity and strong, clear vocals, Rhiannon Giddens has been continually excavating the African diaspora experience, especially that of the American South. On there is no Other, Giddens collaborates with Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi to tell and retell […]
Sometimes there’s nothing more cutting edge than looking back, bringing voices from the past into into today’s conversation in hopes of a better tomorrow. That’s the idea behind Song of Our Native Daughters, a new project from Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla […]
As the audience members headed out into Saturday night after the last drumbeats of “Freedom Highway” had sounded and “Sisters Present,” the final night of Rhiannon Giddens’ residency at Symphony Space on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, came to a […]
“What was born in Kentucky / is living in Raleigh now.” — Chatham County Line With eight stages and over 100 performing artists, this year’s International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass festivities, held in Raleigh, North Carolina, last week […]
First Ladies of Bluegrass, World of Bluegrass, 9/28/2018
First Ladies of Bluegrass, World of Bluegrass, 9/28/2018
Cambridge Folk Festival, one of the longest running folk festivals in the world, established in 1965, has always promoted equality and inclusion. Original founder, the late Ken Woollard, gave all artists the same billing on posters and publicity arguing that “they […]
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