“You Louisiana Man”
Rhiannon Giddens has launched 5 solo albums since 2015. Before that, she was a member of the Grammy-winning band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops. She is now additionally the inventive director of the Silkroad Ensemble, the musical supergroup that Yo-Yo Ma founded.
Rhiannon Giddens is a type of folks the place I really feel like they’ve to begin inventing new awards, as a result of she’s already gained all of them. She’s received multiple Grammys, she gained the Pulitzer Prize for an opera she co-wrote known as Omar, she’s a MacArthur Genius, and the brand new Beyonce music “Texas Hold ‘Em,” the one that features the banjo? That’s Rhiannon Giddens enjoying the banjo. (I suppose that’s not technically an award, but it surely seems like one to me.)
In 2023, Rhiannon launched an album known as You’re the One, and I talked to her concerning the music she wrote known as “You Louisiana Man,” which was nominated for a Grammy for Best American Roots Performance.
You should purchase or stream “You Louisiana Man” here.
For a transcript of this episode, click here.
Illustration by Carlos Lerma.
Jack Splash – producer
Niwel Tsumbu – acoustic guitar
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Contra dance (versus English country dance)
Freedom Highway
Fretless banjo
