Rhiannon Giddens // ROMP 2022 

To be able to listen to anything this woman does is a massive gift!

Rhiannon Giddens is an incredible talent and stirs the soul. With her charismatic presence, you can almost miss the seamless contributions of her musical and life partner Francesco Turrisi, himself an amazing multi-instrumentalist and composer. The two together create magic.

As Paul Simon so clearly showed on his two albums from South Africa, American music does not come from Europe, but from AFRICA!! Ms. Giddens is a true historian of that truth! It takes great courage and tireless work to find, prepare and present each piece, true to his roots. When we are ready in this country to accept this truth, we will know a great deal about who we are!! I and my children will always be eternally grateful to this beautiful gift from those very roots she re-turns to! "Somewhere up above our heads." If truth is beautiful then she truly is Ms. America!

Unreal amazing esp this song at 1 hr 18 min

I'm finding it difficult to find the appropriate superlatives for this supremely talented woman. Ever since she blew me away when she appeared on Jools Holland's New Year's Eve TV programme a few years ago I've been bowled over time and time again by her awesome vocals and musical talent.

Wow, Wow and Oh-- my-- goodness gracious 😮, this Lady 👏 is 1in a million, what I mean by that is she's generational, an immaculate tone in her voice 😢 tears of joy is what she's capable of! This is by far thee best out there as far as Americana, folk, or whatever nowadays-- Peace ✌ out from ETn

I hope Jeff Petrocelli won some kind of award for this. The audio quality is ''perfecto.'' ...Listen to the bodhran resonate at 1:02:22 !

Humanity is beautiful. The culmination of experience into Art, becomes the justification for all suffering, and the enjoyment of all sweetness. One song at a time.

It’s a treat every time I hear you sing!!! From:Fairmont in Westwood..

Rhiannon Giddens is definitely a national treasure! I am privileged to have seen her a couple of times live, up-close, and in-person in Sugar Grove, NC as part of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. They brought the house down!👏👏👏

A fine woman indeed , I can feel the history....

She's a living legend. I really hope I can see her live someday

Wow! What a treat! A complete concert of Rhiannon Giddens! Thank you!!

you can take my body, my bones but not my soul ... chilling lyrics. hard to listen to... yet an amazing song!

Wonderful great show 10 stars 🌟.

Outstanding! She is a superb musician and vocalist!!

une musique qui nous fait voyager au gré des rythmes et des mélodies des humains. Trois excellents musiciens, une voix exceptionnelle comme l'est la sensibilité de Rhiannon Giddens. Je ne me lasse pas de l'écouter, toujours de loin malheureusement, via le disque où le net…

Rhiannon Giddens, Your haunting voice, your beautiful face with that slight bit of smile , your passion, your energy , your ease playing all these instruments & you might wonder just why do I feel like you've taken me back to Woodstock 69. Wish you all the best for making so many of us giving the sense of fulfillment with your music.

Music we have today is such a mix of different cultures from around the world. The history can be very interesting to study. Its a mix from Asia, Europe, Caribbean, Americas and yes Africa. Place like Spain, Persia, Southern USA and West Africa. Just tracing the history of stringed instruments takes you to many places in the world. From the harp to Oud to the lute to ukulele to the banjo to the guitar of today. Giddens reminds us of the African connections and contributions. But we also hear contributions from places like Brazil for example. Music is best served like a Gumbo.

An American Treasure,she’s a pure artist and an original.

One thing I need to add to my bucket list is to see a Rhiannon Giddens Concert!

Thank you so much Rhiannon and all, as always I’m blown away by your amazing and fantastic voice, you are so incredibly talented and gifted too. I really hope you’re come to England soon because I would be the first in line for tickets. I love ❤❤❤❤ everything about you. Please stay safe and well too xxxx Mags ❤❤❤❤

She sings with her face and with an awesome voice.

Its so nice Art of music. She is very talentiert. Its so cool

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everything I have heard from Rhiannon speaks to me. sometimes it is just her tone. Loved her in Carolina Chocolate Drops and with many others, her work on Dylan's words in basement tapes, Allison Russell, and her solo work is great!

I can’t get enough!!! The music, the voice and the history lesson!!! Thank you.

I wondered where this beautiful voice had gotten too recently. All her performances here on RU-vid music are nearly a decade old. Nice to hear something more recent. 😊💕

Any one have the opportunity to see Omar the autobiography of enslaved man Omar Ibn Said. Music by Rhiannon Giddens in the form of an opera. You will be amazed, educated and moved by this entire production. Entire ensemble is magnificent

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A world treasure,

I love playing guitar to “Your the One” Rhiannon!🙋👍👏

She's a treasure and a wonder. Remarkable.

After sixteen years abroad, this is exactly what I miss about being in the U.S.A., the types of music that are so varied, all being what makes America the most special place on Earth. There's nowhere else that has so much talent, much that goes unheard in other parts of the world, not because it's lacking in any way, but because of the media and the music industry itself. If not for RU-vid I wouldn't ever hear anything that is new and wonderful. Rhiannon Giddens, you are an Earthly treasure!

❤‍🔥👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 well , I don't need to wait till I've watched this we just KNOW that it'll be thumbs UP ALL THE WAY . but I will give it a like as well .

I just found out about Rhiannon last night on The Daily Show! (10/18/23) I've been posting her music and history to everyone I now since. Phenomenal!!! Jon Batiste and her should collaborate if they haven't already!!!

Can anybody tell me the name of this waltz?

What an amazing woman and group this is.....

It was such an honor for Paul Simon to gift you his song. He knew what he was doing. I am so pleased that you have taken on the the responsibility of carrying it forward to the next generation, with your own spin. We must keep singing.

Brilliant start to finish. I'm not a big fan of according, but this Brazilian style is great! I'll never say I dislike accordion again.

Bloody awesome👌💯👏

Thank you - thank you - thank you!

Well to be fair to Clapton, on the original record regarding the song "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out", ( I went and looked through my collection) he gives the credit to the song to someone named "Ronnie Cox". I never thought he wrote it as it sounds like an "old song". even the music. It may be one of those songs that would just have to fall under "traditional". It doesn't sound pre 20th century though.

I lack the words to do justice to her talents (and those of her fellow musicians). Such a pleasure to watch. An experience, an education, perhaps a reminder, personal and collective. I so hope I can see her live one day.

Nature can be wonderful if we treated fair. What a voice ,Thank you.Reminds me of Billie holiday.

You are such a vibrant among person . Thank you wish you were at celtic connections 2024. What an inspiration you are a thousand million thanks yous.

Having grown up listening to my parents' and grandparents' music from the '20s, '30s, and '40s, I could have told ya this song was older than Eric Clapton. The Googles can be wrong, and Rhiannon Gidden is brilliant.

yesss!!! all instromental players yesss

Would love to see Rhiannon come to Australia and meet up with the Bush Wackers ...that would be awesome

Much of this music makes me want to storm a castle.

How on earth did she manage to make a violin sound almost like an Arabic instrument on La Tarrentela... Even the chorus sounds Arabic a weli weli wela....

Gifted all and together? Dynamite! Though I must say that this young lady is uniquely talented 🎉❤🎉❤

Absolutely Mindblowing - Bluegrass adjacent ;-) Lovin it

Musicians of this caliber are proof that aliens live amongst us and hide themselves in the arts and humanities on earth.

This wonderful, rich voice reminds me of Buffy Saint Marie ♥️

I was hoping someone like this would come along and get rewarded for all the hard work they did and how they harnessed their talent. It especially pleases me that an American woman achieved this and was able to channel all the history through herself to a living presence she connects via historical and geographically particular instruments and her voice which sums up the musical tradition she is living today and transforms it into a relevant narrative - a new unpretentious world music she created. I am a very grateful musician fan.

i was there. there were so many great performers in 22. but i will never forget hers.

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Mel Lyman may have reincarnated. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

She is a great singer clever and lovely looking!!!!

Good stuff! Love the old time tunes. They are the best. 🏞

Love the scat in "bye bye pretty baby" She's the best!.. .and with Fransesco - OMG!!! Thanks for your collaboration and for sharing Spirit!!! ❤💟💕🤗😆😎🙂🌼🌺🌷🌄🌄🕊️🕊️

She sure has some very complementary musicians playing with her for this concert. Not great... but just right. Safe to say that Ms. Giddens has the juice, eh? Wow. Her voice along with her command of her various instruments is sort of dazzling at times. You're not sure if what you just saw and heard was THAT good. (I'm betting she was a pretty willful chile...) :--) Once again, that warm woody sound of that upright bass is too low in the mix. It can't add its wonderful sauce to the mix if you can hardly hear it at all.

First rime I heard her I was looking for the best rendition of Wayfaring Stranger and ran across her on RU-vid with her fretless banjo and and old white man on an accordion. It was haunting.... I was hooked.. She's keeping those Appalachian and those old Black slave songs alive .. Growing up in Florida we were taught them in school... though slavery is a grimmer subject, it produced some of the best music which in turn is the basis of blues , which it and Appalachian , which comes from Ireland and Scotland, is the the basis of all the music we know in America today... Wished she would take up the penny whistle, aka tin whistle..... that would be so awesome..

Such beautiful music, thank you! BTW, Chris Thile says that contemporary bluegrass is defined more by instrumentation than anything else, which I think is a great definition.

Happy to have seen Ralph Stanley sing 'Death' (and other O' Brother songs) at the Philly Folk Fest. I really like Rhiannon's version.

WOW ❤😂🎉❤😂🎉❤

"Bluegrass and Brazilian Forró connecting the roots". I thought this is a kind of my impression when Istarted listening to Bluegrass music , but it's Real....a kind of "collective unconscious" ..... love it.

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Never heard her before It seems I’ve not been on this planet. She touches the essence of our lives since time began. Wow.

Looking forward to seing her live in Dublin 2024 got the tickets, Christmas present.

I'd give her flowers.....if she played didgeridoo I'd give her more flowers.

pure. clean. heartfelt. quality. nice to not hear all the other instruments and voices for a change. I still like mainstream of all genres too.

It's not usually my music, but I like Rhiannon, is that true?

Simply incredible, amazing, thank you for being so great

A mind-blowing performance! Unbelievable!

I luv RHIANNA GIDDENS. HAD TO HAVE HEART BROKEN TO SING FROM THE HEART LIKE SHE DOES❤

Esperando El Momento De Poder Verte En persona Mi Amor

The greatest thing about music is the shear variety of genres

So wonderfull music! Thank you!

has that unique sound of bluegrass. Very Unique

Female Bob Dylan....what a force!

WOW! It doesn't get any better than that!!

Love this trio combination.

Amazing person. X

Wow! Lovely!!!!

Excellent

Wow wow wow...

GODDESS !!!

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Amusing music, it's true that Riannon Giddens at Talens, very pleasant performance.💥👍

She’s a good old Mississippi girl.

Do we know the tuning of her banjo?

Cued a mile fàilte

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❤🎉😂😅😮😮please

❤🎉beautiful

Fair play xx

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Thank God we have such inspired and pure talent and devotion to this most authentic music. Thank you!