
MacArthur Fellows Program
Rhiannon Giddens
Singer, Instrumentalist, and Songwriter | Class of 2017
Reclaiming African American contributions to folk and country music and bringing to light new connections between music from the past and the present.
Select News Coverage of Rhiannon Giddens
September 30, 2020
"Rhiannon Giddens Recreates Her Song "Cry No More" With Composer Michael Abels, Members of The Met Opera Chorus, Nashville Ballet"
August 24, 2020
"Rhiannon Giddens Drops Defiant New Song ‘Don’t Call Me Names’"
March 17, 2020
"Rhiannon Giddens: The Storyteller"
October 18, 2019
"Rhiannon Giddens on African American Contributions to Music"
June 10, 2019
"Rhiannon Giddens Is Writing an Opera"
May 14, 2019
"Rhiannon Giddens and What Folk Music Means"
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