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Travelling Folk: Rhiannon Giddens

Rhiannon Giddens

BBC Radio Scotland - Travelling Folk, Rhiannon Giddens

Bruce MacGregor shares an in-depth conversation with Rhiannon Giddens.

Calling Me Home is the new album by Rhiannon Giddens and her partner, Francesco Turrisi. Bruce shares an in-depth conversation with Rhiannon about the album and her life in music.

Originally from South Carolina, USA, Rhiannon Giddens now based in Ireland where she lives with her Sicilian partner, Francesco Turrisi.  They’ve recently released a new album called ‘Calling Me Home’ and Bruce spoke with Rhiannon about that and many other things, including music and race, her latest opera and how she first broke into music with The Carolina Chocolate Drops.

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