GREENSBORO — Rhiannon Giddens’ website shows the pace of a star musician’s life. After a Wednesday night show in Nashville, Tenn., Giddens brings her “Freedom Highway” tour to her hometown of ...

Rhiannon Giddens, flying solo following her decade-long run with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, started 2017 with two Grammy nominations. She wasn't expecting them. Giddens' Factory Girl received a ...

In her new work, the Carolina Chocolate Drops vocalist speaks for the truly silenced: slaves; those murdered during the civil rights movement;... Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the ...

Singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens mines the pain and beauty of American social and musical history on "Freedom Highway," a rich tapestry with threads of blues, folk, gospel, soul, country and jazz.

Giddens' Freedom Highway is an exploration of African American experiences, accompanied by an instrument with its own uniquely African American... Rhiannon Giddens Sings Slave Narratives DAVID ...

Rhiannon Giddens' new solo album,Freedom Highway, is an exploration of African-American experiences, accompanied by an instrument with its own uniquely African-American story: the banjo. Giddens notes ...

The adjective “renaissance” is often overused when describing someone proficient in a wide range of fields. In the case of Rhiannon Giddens, the term would be drastically underused to sum up the ride ...

Rhiannon Giddens has a heavy heart — and we are grateful that she wants to share the entirety of its contents with us. The singer-songwriter and banjo goddess is a recipient of theMacArthur “Genius” ...