Posted inContent Type: Personal Profile Giddens, Rhiannon Music Rhiannon Giddens Is a Songwriter, Too The historically minded, socially conscious musician offers bluesy, racy, playful tracks on “You’re the One,” her first full album of her own songs. Posted by By Jon Pareles
Posted inBridgers, Phoebe (1994- ) Christine and the Queens (Music Group) Diawara, Fatoumata Folk Music Fonseca, Roberto (1975- ) Giddens, Rhiannon Latin Music Letissier, Heloise (1988- ) Mitchell, Joni Moose, Rob Natural Wonder Beauty Concept (Music Group) Parton, Dolly Pineyro, Brian (DJ Python) Pop and Rock Music Roxanne, Ana (1987- ) Shakira Six Organs of Admittance Smith, Jorja (1997- ) Tomlinson, Rick (Musician) Dolly Parton Goes Arena Rock, and 9 More New Songs Hear tracks by Jorja Smith, Rhiannon Giddens, Shakira and others. Posted by By Jon Pareles and Lindsay Zoladz
Posted inGiddens, Rhiannon Omar (Opera) Opera Pulitzer Prizes Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels Win the Pulitzer Prize for Music Giddens said that the success of their opera “Omar” proves that “nobody has the lock on being a composer.” Posted by By Joshua Barone
Posted inGiddens, Rhiannon Liverman, Will Metropolitan Museum of Art Mobley, Reginald Music Okpebholo, Shawn Slack, Karen Review: Songs That Defy the ‘Quotidian Nature of Evil’ The composer Shawn Okpebholo has created a song cycle that imagines the inner lives of fugitives from American slavery. Posted by By Oussama Zahr