New album, What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow, out now on Nonesuch Records! https://linktr.ee/rhiannongiddens
Less than one month until Mavis Staples and I reunite for American Tunes: Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing! Get tickets: events.seated.com/american-tunes
We’ll also be joined by Mary Chapin Carpenter & Hurray for the Riff Raff (duo). See you soon.
It is a true honor to have received the Composers Now Visionary Award! I want to take this moment to advocate for collaboration, and non-traditional composers like myself.
Summer is upon us – it’s time to sing under the stars! Join Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mavis Staples, Hurray for the Riff Raff and myself for this very special celebration of songs that connect generations.
Get tickets: events.seated.com/american-tunes
Special thank you to the incredible artists who have helped bring my compositions to life, and often overlooked voices who have inspired them.
Audio: Omar (Overture) - Recorded at the LA Opera
Conducted by Kazem Abdullah
Composed by Rhiannon Giddens & Michael Abels
Trying this again.
People often ask me what it's like living in Ireland and I always say, lovely people, beautiful land, crappy weather, tragic history - and guess what? Ugly race-based ultra-capitalistic mess hits here too.
It feels like we are entering into a new day of who is considered a composer and who is valued as a composer, and I’m so grateful to be a part of that.
I’ll see you in Seattle in just 2 weeks on June 26 at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery with Mary Chapin Carpenter & Hurray for the Riff Raff (duo).
Get tickets now: bit.ly/4xlWu77
Homelessness is a systemic problem; poverty is a systemic problem; drug abuse is a systemic problem; excessive force is a systemic problem. If we don't realize we are all connected, there is no hope.
Foregrounding the work of Leon Diop here, and his instagram
@black_andirish
Also, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern seems to have forgotten his own country's history - hate to break it to you Bertie but the Irish were not considered the 'good' immigrants for a long, long time.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
