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NPR’s First Listen has just posted the album stream for Rhiannon Giddens’ first solo release, “Tomorrow Is My Turn” (February 10 from Nonesuch) NPR says of the album “Produced by T-Bone Burnett, it’s a scrupulously selected, richly realized collection of songs spanning American music’s history of communal uplift, individual outcry, happy collaboration and profitable theft. Read more | Hear "Tomorrow Is My Turn" on NPR's First Listen
Willie “Popsy” Dixon, drummer and vocalist of the critically acclaimed soul/blues band The Holmes Brothers, died in Richmond, Virginia on Friday, January 9. He had recently been diagnosed with stage four bladder cancer. He was 72 years old. Dixon, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia on July 26, 1942, was celebrated for his soaring, soulful multi-octave Read more | Alligator Press Release
Wesley Stace’s Cabinet of Wonders – Wes’s New York based show, which brings together different musicians, authors, comedians, and poets to create a unique performance of art and music, has sold out their debut London show! Cabinet of Wonders will be at Cecil Sharp House on January 31. To learn more about the show – Read more | Learn more about the London show here
We’re excited to announce that Lori Peters of Mad Mission Agency and her roster are joining Concerted Efforts. Lori’s roster includes: Barnstar!, Dan Bern, Hayley Reardon, Heather Maloney, Jeffrey Foucault, Kris Delmhorst, The Lowest Pair, Mark Erelli, Parsonsfield, Red Molly, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, and Tall Heights Read more
Rhiannon Giddens is currently featured in The LA Times. The feature looks at Rhiannon’s career up to this point – highlighting her upcoming solo Release “Tomorrow is my Turn” (Released Feb 10 by Nonesuch) and her 2015 tour. The Times describes the upcoming release, saying: “In a dozen songs on her album, she salutes music Read more | Read the full LA Times feature
Twenty one years after the Juliana Hatfield Three (Singer/guitarist Hatfield, drummer Todd Philips and bassist Dean Fisher) released their influential 1993 LP Become What Your Are, the trio will finally follow up their debut with their long-awaited sophomore album, Whatever, My Love, on February 17th. The band recorded their 12-song new album at Hoboken, New Jersey’s Nuthouse Read more | Read the Rolling Stone article
Apple’s holiday commercial features Rhiannon’s rendition of the George & Ira Gershwin classic “Our Love Is Here To Stay.” The video finds a young girl discovering an old recording of her grandmother at a younger age (Rhiannon) singing, and then watches as the girl uses her iPad to reimagine the song in a modern context. Read more | Watch the Ad on Apple's website
Rosanne Cash is honored with three Grammy Nominations. Her Blue Note album “The River & The Thread” is nominated for “Best Americana Album” and the song “A Feather’s not a Bird” is nominated for Best American Roots Performance as well as Best American Roots Song. “The River & The Thread” MOJO Magazine’s Top 10 of Read more | Click here for the full announcement on "Blue Note"
Rhiannon Giddens, of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, announces the release of her debut solo album, “Tomorrow is my Turn” saying: “I’m so incredibly excited to announce that my very first solo record is about to come out — it’s called Tomorrow Is My Turn, and I worked with the wonderful producer T Bone Burnett to bring Read more | Visit Rhiannon Giddens website
Jon Pareles of “The New York Times” gave “Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes” a glowing review, and specifically highlighted the talents of Rhiannon Giddens. Pareles says of Rhiannon, “Ms. Giddens, the relative newcomer, has been playing traditionalist string-band music in the Carolina Chocolate Drops, and her fiddle glides through many of the Read more | Read "The New York Times" review here