#Rhiannon Giddens

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Rhiannon Giddens - Way Over Yonder 2023

You're the One is the third solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens, and it received generally positive reviews from critics.

Giddens expressed that she hoped listeners would "just hear American music. Blues, jazz, Cajun, country, gospel, and rock - it's all there. They're fun songs, and I wanted them to have as much of a chance as they could to reach people who might dig them but don't know anything about what I do".

In 2023, the opera Omar, co-written by Giddens and Michael Abels, won the Pulitzer Prize for Music.

"Way Over Yonder" received a total of 46,9% yes votes.

#submitted #finished #high votes #low reblog #20s #rhiannon giddens

[starry-eyed-psychopomp]

We don’t give the Carolina Chocolate Drops enough credit for pulling a Lucy Gray before Lucy Gray even existed.

For the original Hunger Games movie, they wrote a song for the Songs of District Twelve album called “Daughter’s Lament.” Much like Lucy Gray’s songs, they adapted a traditional folk song, “Young Hunting,” and turned it into a beautiful song based the story of the book (specifically Katniss’s dad’s death).

People rarely talk about their song from the album, but it’s aged the best out of all of them, and I hope more people recognize that.

#also the fact that it ends with never more instead of forever like the original is so sad and so PERFECT #Rhiannon Giddens stays on top #the hunger games #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosbas #carolina chocolate drops #rhiannon giddens #lucy gray baird

[uzumaki-rebellion]

Uncovering the History of the Banjo with Rhiannon Giddens: From African Roots to American Music

A little clip with Rhiannon who played for Beyonce's new country tunes. (She also has the country/blugrass/roots music band the Carolina Chocolate Drops)

#Banjo #Black Music History #Rhiannon Giddens #Youtube

[the-dust-jacket]

The Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Awards recognized Jade Adia in the author category and Briana Mukodiri Uchendu in the illustrator category this year. Congratulations!

#Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award #Briana Mukodiri Uchendu #Jade Adia #Rhiannon Giddens #There Goes the Neighborhood #We Could Fly #ALA Youth Media Awards

[nonesuchrecords]

Among the 70 Best Alt-Country Albums of All Time per Paste magazine are Hurray for the Riff Raff’s LIFE ON EARTH, Yola’s Walk Through Fire, Rhiannon Giddens’ Freedom Highway, k.d. lang’s Ingénue, Billy Bragg & Wilco's Mermaid Avenue, Carolina Chocolate Drops' Genuine Negro Jig, Emmylou Harris’s Wrecking Ball, and Wilco's Being There. You can see the full list here.

#alt-country #paste magazine #hurray for the riff raff #yola #rhiannon giddens #k.d. lang #billy bragg #wilco #carolina chocolate drops #genuine negro jig #emmylou harris #nonesuch #nonesuch records #americana music

[culturalappreciator]

#rhiannon giddens #country music #folk music #bluegrass

[meanmisscharles]

Just the two of us...it's practically a shanty!

@notfromcold @tfemteach

#ofmd #our flag means death #rhiannon giddens #Spotify

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Rhiannon Giddens - “The Ballad of Sally Anne”

The banjo is great.

The drums adds extra heft.

The fiddle is simpatico.

But when Rhiannon Giddens tosses in layers of piano, horns, cello and backgrounds to the arrangement, her version of “The Ballad of Sally Anne” winds up too busy for its own good.

Giddens’ track is out to announce the April 12 arrival of My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall, which also includes contributions from Allison Russell, Valerie June, Leyla McCalla, Sunny War and others.

“Because all the singers of my songs had been white, because country has whitewashed black lives out of country space, most of my audience assumed the stars of my songs were all white,” Randall said in a statement.

“I wanted to rescue my black characters. This album does that.”

Giddens’ number serves the purpose well, but has too much going on. This is particularly disappointing as the sparse beginning reveals just how much more her version of “The Ballad of Sally Anne” could’ve been with fewer collaborators.

Grade card: Rhiannon Giddens - “The Ballad of Sally Anne” - C+

2/21/24

#Youtube #rhiannon giddens #alice randall #the ballad of sally anne #my black country: the songs of alice randall #leyla mccalla #allison russell #sunny war #valerie june #carolina chocolate drops #our native daughters

[thegirlwholied]

Rhiannon Giddens interview, 2021:

Texas Hold 'Em credits, 2024:

that thing that makes the big splash!! 🪕

#rhiannon giddens #beyoncé #texas hold 'em #music #tunes #banjo #i love rhiannon giddens and her music and i love this for her - and for history at that - so just had to share #i wondered if the banjo was her and looked it up and sure enough! #so impressed by her and props to Beyoncé of course too as it is after all her song! #Spotify

[mymusicbias]

#rhiannon giddens #banjo #traditional folk music #africa #african american #country music #beyonce #beyoncé #music snobs #dom flemons #carolina chocolate drops #african american folk music #mmb

[theoutcastrogue]

Rhiannon Giddens - Moonshiner's Daughter

I'm a moonshiner's daughter And I'll fight you if you wanna I was born to break the law If that wildcat burns blue Then you know that it is true I'll be the best damn runner you ever saw

I was born in a shack at the foot of the hill Didn't know my ma and I never will She labored two days and when it was done She died of despair 'cause I wasn't a son But I laced my boots and as I grew higher Daddy taught me all about lightning and fire I dogged that old man by the heel And when I was twelve, got behind the wheel Daddy and I, we got it real good We knew every shortcut through these woods He delivered the dew and I held the gun And he didn't much care that I wasn't a son

I'm a moonshiner's daughter And I'll fight you if you wanna I was born to break the law If that wildcat burns blue Then you know that it is true I'll be the best damn runner you ever saw

They think that they can tame me But them men can't even name me Am I girl? Am I woman? Doesn't matter, I'm the best

Daddy's luck ran out one moonless night The boys in blue had him in their sights He told me to run and I never looked back And I heard two shots on that back country track Moonshine's my blood, running through my soul And I never cared much about getting too old I burned through this life and when it's the end I'll stare death in the face just like him

I'm a moonshiner's daughter And I'll fight you if you wanna I was born to break the law If that wildcat burns blue Then you know that it is true I'll be the best damn runner you ever saw I'll be the best damn runner you ever saw

#Rhiannon Giddens #Moonshiner's Daughter #prison ballads #booze #folk

[mixdgrlproblems]

mixed race grammy nominees 2024 pt 2

#biracial #mixedgirls #mixedrace #mixedgirlbeauty #mixedchick #mixedgirlshoutout #mixed #mixedgirl #multiracial #dark skinned mixed girls #cecile mclorin salvant #eliane elias #laufey #kirstin maldonado #pentatonix #rhiannon giddens #allison russell #rihanna #j cole #jordin sparks #lila downs #grammys

[brownskinsugarplum76]

Kudos to Beyonce for drafting Rhiannon Giddens for Texas Hold 'Em!

#beyonce #rhiannon giddens #Instagram

[the-book-ferret]

I learned your words and wrote my song. I put my story down.

#thebookferret #books #booklr #book worm #book nerd #book pets #book addict #book photography #bibliophile #ferret #ferrets of tumblr #pets of tumblr #wasabi #build a house #monica mikai #rhiannon giddens

[nonesuchrecords]

Rhiannon Giddens has released “Yet to Be,” a new single from her forthcoming album, You’re the One, due August 18. “Yet to Be” features Jason Isbell and tells the story of a Black woman and an Irish man falling in love in America.

#rhiannon giddens #yet to be #jason isbell #you're the one #americana music #nonesuch #nonesuch records #Youtube

[cbjustmusic]

Rhiannon Giddons performing “American Tune” with Paul Simon. ____________________________ American Tune Songwriter: Paul Simon

Many's the time I've been mistaken And many times confused Yes, and I've often felt forsaken And certainly misused But I'm all right, I'm all right I'm just weary to my bones Still, you don't expect to be Bright and bon vivant So far away from home, so far away from home

And I don't know a soul who's not been battered I don't have a friend who feels at ease I don't know a dream that's not been shattered or driven to its knees But it's all right, it's all right For we've lived so well so long Still, when I think of the road we're traveling on I wonder what's gone wrong I can't help it, I wonder what's gone wrong

And I dreamed I was dying I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly And looking back down at me Smiled reassuringly And I dreamed I was flying And high up above my eyes could clearly see The Statue of Liberty Sailing away to sea And I dreamed I was flying

We come on the ship they call the Mayflower We come on the ship that sailed the moon We come in the age's most uncertain hour and sing an American tune But it's all right, it's all right You can't be forever blessed Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day And I'm trying to get some rest That's all, I'm trying to get some rest

#rhiannon giddens #paul simon