“You Louisiana Man”
Rhiannon Giddens has launched 5 solo albums since 2015. Before that, she was a member of the Grammy-winning band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops. She is now additionally the creative director of the Silkroad Ensemble, the musical supergroup that Yo-Yo Ma based.
Rhiannon Giddens is a kind of folks the place I really feel like they’ve to begin inventing new awards, as a result of she’s already gained all of them. She’s bought a number of Grammys, she gained the Pulitzer Prize for an opera she co-wrote referred to as Omar, she’s a MacArthur Genius, and the brand new Beyonce tune “Texas Hold ‘Em,” the one that features the banjo? That’s Rhiannon Giddens enjoying the banjo. (I assume that’s not technically an award, nevertheless it seems like one to me.)
In 2023, Rhiannon launched an album referred to as You’re the One, and I talked to her concerning the tune she wrote referred to as “You Louisiana Man,” which was nominated for a Grammy for Best American Roots Performance.
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Illustration by Carlos Lerma.
Jack Splash – producer
Niwel Tsumbu – acoustic guitar
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Contra dance (versus English nation dance)
Freedom Highway
Fretless banjo