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Interview: Rhiannon Giddens | Seizing Freedom
Publish Date
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Interviewees
Rhiannon Giddens
Interviewers
Kidada Williams
Publisher
Seizing Freedom
Topics
challenges faced by Black artists in the music industry
creating songs inspired by historical archives
importance of knowing the history of Black musical creation
importance of telling diverse stories in music
recovery and preservation of historical knowledge through music
the banjo's African roots
tracing Black history through music
People Mentioned
Allison Russell
Amythyst Kiah
Cecelia Conway
Dena Epstein
Dirk Powell
Elizabeth Keckley
Ethel Waters
Francesco Turrisi
Joe Thompson
Kidada Williams
Leyla McCalla
Marshall Wyatt
Mary Seacole
Works Mentioned
African Banjo Echoes In Appalachia: Study Folk Traditions
Folks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow! Vintage Fiddle Music, 1927-1935
Freedom Highway
Genuine Negro Jig
Lucy Negro Redux
Omar
Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War
Songs of Our Native Daughters
The Slaves’ War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves
there is no Other
Violin, Sing The Blues For Me: African-American Fiddlers, 1926-1949
Places Mentioned
America
Nashville
North Carolina
Spoleto USA Festival
Tulsa
White House
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