Rhiannon Giddens is maxed out. She recently spent a weekend in Knoxville, Tenn., performing a series of concerts with Yo-Yo Ma and Chris Thile. She has a new album, her first collection of ...

Rhiannon Giddens speaks onstage during the 67th GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony at Peacock Theater on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) Rhiannon Giddens ...

“You brought me here to build your house; to build your house, to build your house” is the phrase that opens Rhiannon Giddens’ first children’s book, “Build a House,” as well as the song that inspired ...

MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: Musician Rhiannon Giddens is on a quest. And the facts of her own life are a compelling metaphor for the path she's forging. Born in 1977 to a Black mother and a white father, ...

“Well, hello. I’d like to welcome you all to our magical traveling porch,” said Rhiannon Giddens, taking the stage at Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall last month. “What we are doing tonight is creating a ...

What motivated you to photograph this event? Watson: Between Beyoncé's album Cowboy Carter and 803Fresh's song "Boots on the Ground," it's not hard to notice that Black people are rediscovering joy in ...

“I’m interested in the throughline. That’s always what I’m interested in.” Rhiannon Giddens is speaking from her home office in Ireland, stacks of books and skeins of yarn piled on a shelf behind her.

Sunday night's Davidson College Artist Series concert was a rare treat. Grammy Award-winning musician and composer Rhiannon Giddens received an honorary doctor of fine arts degree from the college and ...

Rhiannon Giddens sounded understandably giddy the morning after receiving her 2022 Pulitzer Prize for music in New York two weeks ago. But the source of her giddiness wasn’t this banjo-playing singer ...

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 ...

The night was winding down as singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens stepped to the microphone and addressed the near-capacity crowd at the Longhorn Ballroom. “We’ve come to the end of the evening’s ...

On theGrio’s “Writing Black’” podcast, award-winning musician and Beyoncé collaborator Rhiannon Giddens explains why country music was co-founded by Black creativity. “I was just really frustrated ...