Rhiannon Giddens & The Old-Time Revue

From Telluride Bluegrass Festival to the Met Opera to sold-out shows at the Hollywood Bowl, Rhiannon Gidden brings her distinguished sound to the most renowned venues around the world — she has also collaborated with the biggest names in music from Beyoncé, Paul Simon, Steve Martin, Iron & Wine, Jason Isbell and Yo-Yo Ma to name just a few.

Lead singer of Carolina Chocolate Drops, Rhiannon Giddens has made a singular, iconic career out of stretching her brand of folk music, with its miles-deep historical roots and contemporary sensibilities, into just about every field imaginable. A two-time GRAMMY Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning singer and instrumentalist, MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient, and composer of opera, ballet, and film, Giddens has centered her work around the mission of lifting up people whose contributions to American musical history have previously been overlooked or erased, and advocating for a more accurate understanding of the country’s musical origins through art.

As Pitchfork once said, “few artists are so fearless and so ravenous in their exploration”—a journey that has led to NPR naming her one of its 25 Most Influential Women Musicians of the 21st Century and to American Songwriter calling her “one of the most important musical minds currently walking the planet.”

“One of Americana music’s most vital voices.” – Rolling Stone

“A master folklorist, banjo virtuoso and vocal powerhouse” – NPR 

READ: Meet Rhiannon Giddens, the Musician Leading the Nation in Revealing the Black Roots of the Banjo