Rhiannon Giddens

Rhiannon Giddens (born February 21, 1977) is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music historian, writer, actor and activist. Raised iin Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, she was a founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. She has released a number of albums under her own name, including two with her partner, [a=Francesco Turrisi]. Has been appointed Artistic Director of [a=The Silk Road Ensemble] in 2020. She has won two Grammys (from ten nominations) and a Pulitzer Prize. She is an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of North Carolina. (Her sister is [a=Lalenja Harrington].)