Performing Arts at Home: Rhiannon Giddens
“Despite its weightiness, Rhiannon Giddens’ music is entertaining, and her voice, the melodies, and her accompaniment are engaging. But it is music infused with lessons and deep purpose — something all too rare in popular music in my opinion.”
On Tuesday, April 24, 2018 Madison-Morgan Cultural Center presented a Madison Chamber Music Festival performance by Rhiannon Giddens. Masterfully blending American musical genres like gospel, jazz, blues, and country, Rhiannon Giddens showcases her extraordinary emotional range and dazzling vocal prowess. Giddens is the co-founder of the GRAMMY award-winning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, in which she also plays banjo and fiddle. Rhiannon Giddens is a 2017 recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant. Learn more at rhiannongiddens.com
Today, we share a video titled, Rhiannon Giddens: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert from NPR Music. Watch Rhiannon Giddens play "Ten Thousand Voices", "At the Purchaser's Option", "I'm On My Way" and "He Will See You Through" at the Tiny Desk.
Rhiannon Giddens: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Tiny Desk Concerts: https://www.npr.org/tinydesk
SET LIST
"Ten Thousand Voices"
"At the Purchaser's Option"
"I'm On My Way"
"He Will See You Through"
MUSICIANS
Rhiannon Giddens: vocals, banjo; Francesco Turrisi: banjo, piano, frame drum; Jason Sypher; upright bass
CREDITS
Producers: Bob Boilen, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineers: Josh Rogosin, James Willetts; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Jeremiah Rhodes, Beck Harlan; Associate Producer: Bobby Carter; Production Assistant: Paul Georgoulis; Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey; VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann; Photo: Claire Harbage/NPR
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