Rhiannon Giddens

Rhiannon Giddens is a vocalist, banjoist and fiddler from Greensborough, North Carolina. Rhiannon's music draws from old-time, gospel, celtic, folk and jazz. She's won Grammys with her string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops, she won the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass, and she won a recent MacArthur Genius Grant. She's a cast member of the TV show "Nashville" and is also the mother of two young children, Aoife and Caoimhín. Topics include: touring for 200 days with a baby in a minivan, her children's idyllic life in Ireland, letting go of ego, music as activism and how motherhood has changed her creative approach.

You can listen to Rhiannon Giddens online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Rhiannon Giddens is an episode from Midnight Lightning by Laura Veirs.

This episode is 40:20 long.

This episode was published on Feb 14, 2018.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Midnight Lightning when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.