/tags/rhiannon-giddens Rhiannon Giddens en-US Copyright Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT /wunc-music/2024-10-22/rhiannon-giddens-biscuits-banjos-festival-durham The Biscuits & Banjos Festival will take place in Durham in April of 2025. Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT /wunc-music/2024-10-22/rhiannon-giddens-biscuits-banjos-festival-durham Brian Burns /arts-culture/2023-03-02/rhiannon-giddens-north-carolina-opera-omar-interview Greensboro native Rhiannon Giddens is a Grammy-award-winning musician. She returned to North Carolina recently with an opera that she co-composed about the life of Omar ibn Said, a Muslim man who was enslaved in the state in the 1800s. Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:51:23 GMT /arts-culture/2023-03-02/rhiannon-giddens-north-carolina-opera-omar-interview Leoneda Inge /show/the-state-of-things/2019-09-25/there-is-no-other-like-rhiannon-giddens Grammy Award-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens is a North Carolina gem. Though she splits her time between the U.S and Ireland, her commitment to the music,… Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:35:19 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-09-25/there-is-no-other-like-rhiannon-giddens Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-09-25/there-is-no-other-like-rhiannon-giddens Grammy Award-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens is a North Carolina gem. Though she splits her time between the U.S and Ireland, her commitment to the music,… Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:35:19 GMT /arts-culture/2019-09-25/there-is-no-other-like-rhiannon-giddens Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-02-23/come-hear-nc-on-songs-we-love-carolina-chocolate-drops We've teamed up with Come Hear NC on a podcast series that explores North Carolina music one song at a time. On this week's episode Music Maker Relief… Sat, 23 Feb 2019 11:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2019-02-23/come-hear-nc-on-songs-we-love-carolina-chocolate-drops Brian Burns, Eric Hodge /show/the-state-of-things/2018-11-27/bluegrass-book-honors-the-pickers-and-players-of-north-carolina The public face of Bluegrass in North Carolina has long been male and white, but the genre is now undergoing a transformation. The star-power of Rhiannon… Tue, 27 Nov 2018 17:27:35 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-11-27/bluegrass-book-honors-the-pickers-and-players-of-north-carolina Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2018-11-27/bluegrass-book-honors-the-pickers-and-players-of-north-carolina The public face of Bluegrass in North Carolina has long been male and white, but the genre is now undergoing a transformation. The star-power of Rhiannon… Tue, 27 Nov 2018 17:27:35 GMT /arts-culture/2018-11-27/bluegrass-book-honors-the-pickers-and-players-of-north-carolina Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2015-12-29/the-state-of-things-producer-picks-a-look-back-at-2015-with-charlie-shelton With a new year just around the corner, “The State of Things” takes a moment to reflect on the highlights of 2015 with the program’s producers. Some of… Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:50:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-12-29/the-state-of-things-producer-picks-a-look-back-at-2015-with-charlie-shelton Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2015-12-29/the-state-of-things-producer-picks-a-look-back-at-2015-with-charlie-shelton With a new year just around the corner, “The State of Things” takes a moment to reflect on the highlights of 2015 with the program’s producers. Some of… Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:50:00 GMT /arts-culture/2015-12-29/the-state-of-things-producer-picks-a-look-back-at-2015-with-charlie-shelton Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2015-09-14/meet-rhiannon-giddens-a-singer-revitalizing-old-times-black-roots For as long as she can remember, Rhiannon Giddens has been singing. Growing up in Greensboro, she sang in youth choirs, despite not knowing how to read… Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:54:57 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-09-14/meet-rhiannon-giddens-a-singer-revitalizing-old-times-black-roots Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio