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RHIANNON GIDDENS


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I started singing at an ungodly age, standing in my crib and warbling at passing family members. I didn't really think of it as a career until I went to the School of Science and Math and realized that I never wanted to do another algorithm. So I went to Oberlin Conservatory and did the whole opera/recital thing, burned out and discovered the banjo! The rest is history.

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Leyla McCalla Shares Single 'Sun Without the Heat' From Upcoming Album Photo Leyla McCalla Shares Single 'Sun Without the Heat' From Upcoming Album
by Josh Sharpe - April 09, 2024

Ahead of its release this Friday, artist Leyla McCalla has just dropped the title track from her new album and fifth studio album Sun Without the Heat. Throughout the record's ten tracks, McCalla achieves a balance of heaviness and light with melodies and rhythms derived from various forms of Afro-d...

Video: Dolly Parton Reimagines Tom Petty's 'Southern Accents' Photo Video: Dolly Parton Reimagines Tom Petty's 'Southern Accents'
by Stephi Wild - April 05, 2024

Dolly Parton’s reimagined version of her friend and fellow Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Tom Petty’s “Southern Accents,” from the forthcoming Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty, is out today....

Mountain Stage Releases Recording Of Indigo Girls 'Closer To Fine' Photo Mountain Stage Releases Recording Of Indigo Girls 'Closer To Fine'
by Michael Major - February 08, 2024

The album will feature a collection of live performances from various artists captured during Mountain Stage tapings over the past four decades, including Rhiannon Giddens, Margo Price, John Prine, Jason Isbell, Tyler Childers, and Birds of Chicago featuring Allison Russell among many others....

Chatham County Line Share 'Way Down Yonder' & More Tour Dates Announced Photo Chatham County Line Share 'Way Down Yonder' & More Tour Dates Announced
by Michael Major - January 09, 2024

Raleigh, NC-based Chatham County Line share the third single, “Way Down Yonder,” from their highly anticipated tenth studio album, Hiyo. The track features guest appearances, including vocalist Maya de Vitry, fiddler John Mailander (Bruce Hornsby, Billy Strings) and drummer Jamie Dick (Watchhouse, R...

Mountain Stage Announces New Compilation Album & Drops David Bowie Cover Photo Mountain Stage Announces New Compilation Album & Drops David Bowie Cover
by Michael Major - January 08, 2024

The album will feature a collection of live performances from various artists captured during Mountain Stage tapings over the years, including Rhiannon Giddens, Margo Price, John Prine, Jason Isbell, The Indigo Girls, Tyler Childers, and Birds of Chicago featuring Allison Russell among many others....

California Festival: A Celebration Of New Music Launches November 3, 2023 Photo California Festival: A Celebration Of New Music Launches November 3, 2023
by Michael Major - November 02, 2023

California Festival: A Celebration of New Music launches November 3, 2023. The Festival was conceived by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare, and San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen....

Aoife O'Donovan Shares 'Phoenix' From 'Age of Apathy Solo Sessions' Photo Aoife O'Donovan Shares 'Phoenix' From 'Age of Apathy Solo Sessions'
by Michael Major - March 31, 2023

Recorded through a unique residency with Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL, O’Donovan wrote and recorded 2022’s Age Of Apathy on-site at their studio with GRAMMY-nominated engineer Darren Schneider while collaborating entirely remotely with producer Joe Henry (Bonnie Raitt, Rhiannon Giddens). ...

Dom Flemons Releases New Album 'Traveling Wildfire' Photo Dom Flemons Releases New Album 'Traveling Wildfire'
by Michael Major - March 24, 2023

Produced by Ted Hutt (Old Crow Medicine Show, Dropkick Murphys) and recorded at Los Angeles’ Kingsize Soundlabs, Traveling Wildfire is Flemons’ most personal album to-date as he refocuses on songwriting—reflecting on recent epiphanies and spiritual evolution as well as the current social climate....

Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy Create a Musical 'Canvas' with New Studio Album Photo Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy Create a Musical 'Canvas' with New Studio Album
by Michael Major - January 31, 2023

Rock, pop, Latin and classical influences come to the fore on the new material of mostly original melodies. Guests include Rhiannon Giddens (“Woman of the House”), Yo-Yo Ma (“So You Love”) Brian Finnegan (“Colour Theory”)—and, on “Choo Choo,” their 17-year-old daughter Mary Frances Leahy....

Craft Recordings Announces 'Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium' Photo Craft Recordings Announces 'Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium'
by Michael Major - January 05, 2023

Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium is an expansive overview of American Black roots music. Produced by author, professor, and GRAMMY®-nominated music historian Dr. Ted Olson, along with GRAMMY-winning producer, musician, and author Scott Billington, Birthright offers an introduction to the r...

Paul Simon Tribute Concert to Premiere on CBS Photo Paul Simon Tribute Concert to Premiere on CBS
by Michael Major - December 14, 2022

The two-hour special tribute features a star-studded performer lineup of GRAMMY-winning artists, past nominees and iconic voices including Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, Eric Church, Rhiannon Giddens, Susanna Hoffs, Jonas Brothers, Angélique Kidjo, Ledisi, Little Big Town, Dave Matthews, Brad Pai...

Billie Eilish, Doja Cat & More Join Audible's New Original Series 'Origins' Photo Billie Eilish, Doja Cat & More Join Audible's New Original Series 'Origins'
by Michael Major - October 26, 2022

Academy and multi-Grammy Award winner Billie Eilish, Grammy winner Doja Cat, multi Latin Grammy winner Camilo, the youngest recipient of the Best Reggae Album Grammy award, Koffee, emerging audio-visual artist and rap pioneer Tobe Nwigwe, pop sensation King Princess and Grammy-nominated country musi...

lund Releases New Single 'Good Advice' Photo lund Releases New Single 'Good Advice'
by Michael Major - September 02, 2022

lund’s debut album Right This Time, was recorded with producer Tyler “The Falcon” Greenwell (Tedeschi Trucks Band) at Echo Mountain Studios and Sedgwick Studios in her adoptive hometown of Asheville. The album features original songs honed over her decades-long stint in New York City as a working mu...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Announces 'Out Of The Park' Lineup Photo Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Announces 'Out Of The Park' Lineup
by Michael Major - August 24, 2022

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass announces “Out Of The Park” lineup of nighttime, post festival shows. Partnering with local venues, HSB announces shows with Marcus Mumford, Bonny Light Horseman, Antibalas, Aoife O’Donovan, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, Moonalice, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Waco Brothers & Bo...

Aoife O'Donovan Shares Olga Bell Remix of 'B61' Photo Aoife O'Donovan Shares Olga Bell Remix of 'B61'
by Michael Major - July 26, 2022

Produced by fellow GRAMMY-winner Joe Henry (Bonnie Raitt, Rhiannon Giddens), Age Of Apathy was recorded through a unique residency with Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL. Working both on-site at their studio with GRAMMY-nominated engineer Darren Schneider while collaborating entirely remotely ...

Nicole Lund to Release Debut Album as 'lund' Photo Nicole Lund to Release Debut Album as 'lund'
by Michael Major - July 21, 2022

lund’s debut album Right This Time, was recorded with producer Tyler “The Falcon” Greenwell (Tedeschi Trucks Band) at Echo Mountain Studios and Sedgwick Studios in her adoptive hometown of Asheville. The album features original songs honed over her decades-long stint in New York City as a working mu...












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