Rhiannon Giddens

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rhiannon Giddens
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Feb 21, 1977(1977-02-21)
Age	47
Birthplace	Greensboro
Country	United States
Birth City	North Carolina
Horoscope	Aquarius

Rhiannon Giddens Biography

Rhiannon Giddens is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on February 21, 1977 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Rhiannon Giddens, born February 21, 1977, is an American musician. She is a founding member the country, blues, and old-time band Carolina Chocolate Drops where she is the lead vocalist, fiddle player and banjo player.

Giddens contributed vocals and fiddle to Talitha McKenzie’s 2007 album Indian Summer.

In 2013, Giddens began pushing further into her solo career. Giddens participated in “Another Day, Another Time”, a concert inspired by the Coen brothers film Inside Llewyn Davis. Many critics have stated that Giddens had the best performance at what was called “the concert of the year”. Late in 2013, Giddens contributed the standout a cappella track “We Rise” to the LP We Are Not For Sale: Songs of Protest by the NC Music Love Army – a collective of activist musicians from North Carolina founded by Jon Lindsay and Caitlin Cary. Giddens’ protest song joins contributions from many other Carolina musical luminaries on the Lindsay-produced compilation (11/26/13 via Redeye Distribution), which was created to support the NC NAACP and the Moral Monday movement.

As of November 12, 2013, Giddens became the only original member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

Giddens wed Irish musician Michael Laffan on July 7, 2007. They had a daughter and a boy, but they were separated by 2018. Giddens was still in a relationship to Francesco Turrisi, her musical partner in 2019. She resides in Greensboro (North Carolina), Nashville, Tennessee, and Limerick (Ireland).

Rhiannon Giddens Net Worth

Rhiannon Giddens is one of the richest Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rhiannon Giddens 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Giddens, a Greensboro native, is an alumna of North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. She is also a 2000 Oberlin Conservatory graduate at Oberlin College where she studied opera.

Giddens was competing in Scottish music contests at the time. She attended the Black Banjo Then and Now Gathering in Boone in North Carolina in 2005. She met Dom Flemons, and Sule Greg Wilkinson. They started playing professionally together as a “postmodern string group”, Sankofa Strings. Giddens also played a part in Gaelwynd, a Celtic music group. After both Gaelwynd & Sankofa Strings had published CD albums in 2005, Giddens & Flemons joined forces with other musicians to create the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops.

Performing as a soprano, Giddens and mezzo-soprano Cheryse McLeod Lewis formed a duo called Eleganza to release a CD in 2009. Because I Knew You… consists of classical, religious, theater, and movie music. Giddens and Lewis were middle school classmates who reconnected after college while working in the same office. The friends started singing together in 2003, but did not begin recording until 2008.

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In February 2015, Giddens released her debut solo album, Tomorrow Is My Turn, on Nonesuch Records. Also produced by Burnett, the album includes songs made famous by Patsy Cline, Odetta, Dolly Parton, and Nina Simone, among others. The Wall Street Journal said the album “confirms the arrival of a significant talent whose voice and distinctive approach communicate the simmering emotion at the core of the songs.” Additionally, the Los Angeles Times called the album “a collection that should solidify her status as one of the bright new lights in pop music.”

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She was selected to take part in Transatlantic Sessions in January 2016. This collaboration between American and Celtic musicians is a coveted honor. The ensemble performed as part of Celtic Connections in Glasgow, and a short UK/Irish tour. Her performances on the tour included the stirring tribute to David Bowie “It Ain’t Easy”. Later in the year, Giddens became the first American to be honoured as Folk Singer of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Later in the year, it was also announced that she would be receiving the prestigious Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. Winning this award makes Giddens both the only woman and the only person of color to receive the prize in its six-year history. In 2016, it was also announced that Giddens and the Carolina Chocolate Drops would be inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame.

What is Rhiannon Giddens ethnicity?

Giddens is multiethnic in ancestry , from her European-American father (David Giddens) and her African- and Native-American mother (Deborah Jamieson), who met as college students in the city of Greensboro, North Carolina. She and her sister grew up in Greensboro and nearby rural Gibsonville.

Where is Rhiannon Giddens now?

Born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, Giddens has been living in Limerick, Ireland , and says she’s felt homesick being away from home during pandemic lockdowns.

Why is Rhiannon Giddens in Ireland?

Giddens and Turrisi, who both live in Ireland when they aren’t on tour, have been there since March 2020 due to the pandemic. The two expats found themselves drawn to the music of their native and adoptive countries of America, Italy and Ireland during lockdown, and recorded the album in just six days.

Is Rhiannon Giddens biracial?

She’s got receipts too: Raised in the North Carolina piedmont by a biracial family , Giddens would listen to her uncle’s bluegrass band, The Southeast Express.

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