Classically trained vocalist and masterful banjo and fiddle player Rhiannon Giddens is celebrated as one of the leading proponents of what’s variously called Americana or roots music. Though her aesthetic has wide appeal, she toughens it with her uncompromising determination to bear witness to the ongoing (and too often neglected) Africanist voice and history in […]
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The Reader’s guide to the 2017 Chicago Blues Festival
The Chicago Blues Festival moves to Millennium Park for 2017, with an adventurous bill that includes Rhymefest, Rhiannon Giddens, and Ronnie Baker Brooks.
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Folk polymath Rhiannon Giddens honors the musical cultures of the oppressed
Carolina Chocolate Drops cofounder Rihannon Giddens sings fables of struggle from a diversity of peoples and eras.
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The complete schedule for the 2017 Blues Festival
Every set at the 2017 Blues Festival, from Friday morning through Sunday night on all five stages in Millennium Park
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Rhiannon Giddens, Ron Trent, D.C. blues, and blockchain: music stories from around the Web
The Reader‘s weekly roundup of music journalism that didn’t happen here