What's the story behind your favorite photo from the festival? It's hard to pick one because the "Sweet Molasses Juke Joint" party photos are giving so much energy, but since I can only pick one, I'm ...

“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 ...

Rhiannon Giddens is a folk singer and multi-instrumentalist who also happens to be a classically trained opera singer. Having grown up in North Carolina, she’s now on a mission to re-frame the history ...

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, ...

There is an intensity to Rhiannon Giddens I could feel from the moment she arrived at the Tiny Desk, and her songs reflect that spirit. "Ten Thousand Voices," the first song in the set, was inspired ...

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 musicians reflect on their roots as country artists and why the genre they love is at a turning point Left: Giddens by Serena Brown/ The New York Times/ Redux. Right: Spencer by Catherine Powell ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rhiannon Giddens speaks onstage during the 67th GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony at Peacock Theater on February 02, 2025 in Los ...

Nat Geo Explorer and spoken-word poet Alyea Pierce talks with Grammy–winning musician Rhiannon Giddens about the origins of the banjo, her new opera Omar, and how she finds inspiration through history ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I was just really frustrated with the continuing ignorance about where American history comes from and just how we keep having to ...

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 ...