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How Black banjo players are changing Americana music

Originating with enslaved Africans, the banjo is now being reclaimed by Black musicians in contemporary music

The Guardian - US · Oct 8

Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi review – big, generous, provocative music-making on a small stage

Grammy-winning Giddens fused folk, opera, jazz, pop and classical elements in a recital ‘honouring composers who don’t often get called composers’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6

“My idea of what the mission is and somebody else’s idea of what the mission is are not going to be the same thing”: Texas Hold 'Em banjo player on her complex feelings about playing on the Beyoncé smash

She felt it was a “compromise for the greater good”

MusicRadar · Mar 25, 2025

“Part of a beautiful American tradition”: A music theory expert explains the country roots of Beyoncé’s Texas Hold ‘Em, and why it also owes a debt to the blues

The lead single from Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé’s Grammy-nominated country album, goes under the musical microscope

MusicRadar · Feb 1, 2025

'American Railroad' Musical Project Showcases Untold Immigrant Stories

The Grammy- and Pulitzer-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens has long made music that sheds light on America's untold stories, and her latest project brings to the fore marginalized groups that built its railroad.

International Business Times · Nov 27, 2024

Silkroad Ensemble With Rhiannon Giddens: American Railroad review – homage to a forgotten army of workers

The collective and their artistic director’s classy multimedia project highlights the lives lost and land snatched away in building the US transcontinental railroad

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2024

Readers reply: Which musical instrument is the easiest to learn?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2024

Best podcasts of the week: The stars of Who Shat on the Floor at My Wedding? return with a gripping new mystery

Why did a mini corduroy suit appear in a woman’s home? Helen McLaughlin, Karen Whitehouse and Lauren Kilby dive down a new rabbit hole. Plus: five of the best podcasts about songs

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2024

Black country music truth is being told

The singer-songwriter discusses PBS' "The Express Way," music healing her and how Appalachia is not "Deliverance"

Salon · May 19, 2024

Black and Country—Then, Now, and What Comes Next

In a 'Marie Claire' roundtable, some of the industry's biggest talents discuss being Black and female in a genre not known for its inclusivity.

Marie Claire · May 15, 2024