I sat on the floor in the dark corner of the INEC Arena in Killarney, Ireland, and watched Rhiannon Giddens captivate the standing-room-only audience. She played banjo and fiddle and did some mouth ...

Some of music’s most lauded names – including Pulitzer Prize-winning Rhiannon Giddens, 14-time Grammy-winning banjo player Ron Block, and bluegrass legend Peter Rowan – are packing their bags to head ...

There’s a joke Rhiannon Giddens often tells audiences during her shows — though maybe it’s more of a disclaimer. It goes like this: You’re at a party on a Friday night enjoying a glass of wine after a ...

Rhiannon Giddens is not afraid of big projects. American Railroad, the album, is part of a larger work, subtitled A Musical Journey of Reclamation, which Giddens initiated with the widely acclaimed ...

Rhiannon Giddens interviews and performs with outstanding stars of Irish acoustic music. Season 3 of "My Music with Rhiannon Giddens” accompanies North Carolina's celebrated native daughter Rhiannon ...

Rhiannon Giddens has been on her first tour this summer as artistic director of Silkroad Ensemble, which was founded in 1998 by famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who joined her on stage at the Tanglewood Music ...

Back in the summer of 2020, when racial justice protests were unfurling all across the country... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: George Floyd. George Floyd. CHANG: ...

When a musician of Rhiannon Giddens’ stature comes to perform in your town for the first time, a celebration is in order. So, hey, Miami, how about a good, old-fashioned porch party? The MacArthur ...

It’s been a few years since Rhiannon Giddens did anything remotely in the ballpark of a “pop” album, and it’s not hard to come up with reasons for that: Besides her having a full dance card, you could ...

The Grammy-winning folk singer and Emmy-nominated composer behind 'Get Out' joined forces to create 'Omar,' which tells the story of Omar ibn Said, who in 1807 was forced to leave his home in Africa ...