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SUMMARY:Distinguished Artist: Rhiannon Giddens
DESCRIPTION:Rhiannon Giddens has built an iconic career stretching folk m
 usic—and its deep historical roots—into just about every field imaginabl
 e. A two-time GRAMMY Award winner\, MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient\,
  Pulitzer Prize winner\, and composer of opera\, ballet\, and film\, Gid
 dens centers her work on lifting up previously overlooked contributors t
 o American musical history. A founding member of the landmark Black stri
 ng band Carolina Chocolate Drops and supergroup Our Native Daughters\, G
 iddens is as much curator as creator. She serves as Artistic Director of
  the Yo-Yo Ma–founded Silkroad Ensemble\, hosts PBS’s My Music with Rhia
 nnon Giddens\, and hosted the podcasts Aria Code and American Railroad. 
 Her discography on Nonesuch Records includes solo releases\, collaborati
 ons with Francesco Turrisi\, Silkroad’s American Railroad (2024)\, and W
 hat Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow (2025) with Justin Robinson. Her w
 ork spans media\, from authoring two children's books and scoring Red De
 ad Redemption II to consulting on the film Sinners (2025)\, acting on AB
 C’s Nashville\, and appearing in Ken Burns’ Country Music. In 2025\, she
  launched Durham’s Biscuits & Banjos festival to celebrate Black culture
  outside the mainstream\, establishing the Biscuits and Banjos Foundatio
 n in 2026 to house her mission-driven work. Pitchfork calls her explorat
 ion "fearless and ravenous\," leading NPR to name her one of the 25 Most
  Influential Women Musicians of the 21st Century and American Songwriter
  to label her “one of the most important musical minds currently walking
  the planet.” The Distinguished Artist Series is organized collaborative
 ly by Mount Holyoke’s Weissman Center for Leadership and the InterArts C
 ouncil. This engaging program reflects the center's support of public pr
 esentations by scholars\, artists\, writers\, and practitioners who conn
 ect the academic work of the college with the public sphere.\n\nMore inf
 o: https://events.mtholyoke.edu/event/distinguished-artist-rhiannon-gidd
 ens\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/6a7fff71-c21a-4517-b35e-73dc0ad
 443a7
LOCATION:Mount Holyoke College\, 50 College Street\, South Hadley\, MA 01
 075
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/6a7fff71-c21a-4517-b35e-73dc0ad443a
 7
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