Rhiannon Giddens
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute To The Songs Of Paul Simon At the Pantages Theatre, Wednesday, April 6, 2022
“The songs of Paul Simon have not only “defined our times, but they’ve also defied time.”
L. A. Burning, West Coast Concert Picks, January 20th To 26th
Brandi Carlile is part of the Citi Sound Vault series at the Palladium
L.A. Burning, West Coast Concert Picks, October 21st To 27th
Interpol are at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 5-3-19 – 5-9-19
recorded in five days in Dublin
Press Release: City Parks Foundation Announces SummerStage 2018 Season Lineup
Another season filled
rock nyc Concerts Of 2017 In Order Of Preference
romance in distress
2017 rock nyc Concerts In Order Of Preference Through May 31st, 2017
a form of idealized womanhood
American Songbook Presents Rhiannon Giddens At Alice Tully Hall, Saturday, May 13th, 2017, Reviewed
History without the dryness, contemporary without brittleness, importance without self-righteousness
Live Through This: rock nyc’s concert Picks 5-8-17 – 5-14-17
a luminous presence
These Days: Monday. February 27th, 2017
Freedom’s highway start on the exit ramp from Sing Sing.
Be Here Early: New Albums Reviewed 2-24-17 – 3-2-17
Story songs of slavery
Going Steady: New Singles Reviewed 2-3-17 – 2-9-17
a Creole inspired masterpiece
Going Steady: New Singles Reviewed 1-13-17 – 1 -19-19
a deep, sad stir
Going Steady: New Singles Reviewed 12-9-16 – 12-15-16
a Pops Staples cover from 1965
Let’s Active: rock nyc Concert Picks Week Of April 6th, 2015
The only time I’ve seen Rhiannon Giddens, either with or without Carolina Chocolate Drops, was at the Town Hall as part of T-Bone’s boring new folk extravaganza and she left little impression, and I wasn’t crazy about her New Basement Tapes album, but her current album Tomorrow Is My Turn is all that Gospel blues soul plus plus plus and so I am back to the Town Hall on Thursday to hear what I missed
The Best of 2015: rock nyc In Order And Reviewed Through February 28th, 2015
Up Above My Head – Rhiannon Giddens – Her achievement on this is not to iprove on Sister Rosetta Tharpe, neigh on impossible, but to sing it beautiful and to make make some of its heaven Rhiannon’s very own
rock nyc: Top 10 Songs Week Of February 9th, 2015
A great week for songs and albums, the ew ones by Rhiannon, Martin, and Rumer are all excellent, and the current album by segments includes two goodies from Madonna, “Joan Of Arc” and (ot here) “Hold On”. Back to Rhiano, I do wish T-Bone wasn’t representing (again) but what the heck, at least she is a siger who deserves the overblown classicisism Burnett keeps on bringing it.
Starbucks Song Of The Week: 'Florida Key' By The New Basement Tapes
‘Florida Key’ is one of these tracks, and it seems to me that the project is part too-ambitious, part already-doomed … how can you possibly adapt a lost, abandoned Dylan song? isn’t Dylan totally untouchable? absolutely iconic?