Rhiannon Giddens

Rhiannon Giddens was amazing with amazing performers supporting her with wonderful performances and stories of their own. She got to play a newly acquired 1842 banjo from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Amazing!

Powerful, sacred, communal experience. Artists “spoke” and communicated with each other and the audience through gestures, beautiful, soulful, joyful music, movement, instruments, voice. All of it was deeply given and deeply received. It continues to resonate and reverberate with me. I am singing!

The show was fabulous. Very deep and moving. I will buy the CD for my car and read the offerings on the Silk Road Ensemble website. Sorry to learn about Ms. Giddens struggles with her voice on this fabulous tour.

I'm a musician and a lover of music in my late 70s, I've been to the Newport Folk Festival and NOLA Jazzfest. I've listened to Muddy Waters in blues clubs, Jimi Hendrix and Joplin on the big state, Bonnie Raitt and Brandi Carlisle close up, Mavis Staples, Habib Koite and Toumani Diabate. This was the best show I've experienced in my life. The venue, the live sound- both fabulous, but more than that Rhiannon Giddens' consummate musicianship and deeply moving performance, the outstanding virtuosity and teamwork of her band- both as individuals and together, the variety of music, the clear shining joy of the band as a team, and her SINGING. I feel like a bell that has been rung and will ring for a long time.

Superb. Great singing and musicianship . Ms. Giddens has a great voice, a penchant for resurrecting old tunes, a fount of information on racial music history and a great band. It did not hurt that the great Tai Mahal showed up for a few tunes that rocked the house. Charly Lowry opened the show with just hand drum and bones, and a fine strong voice. Definitely worth following her career. A great uplifting show. Go See Ms. Giddens. SheworShe is more than worth your time.

Exceptional. I’ve listened to her albums for several years. This is the first time I’ve seen her live and it was better than expected. Charly Lowry who opened also had a great voice.

I love the work of Rhiannon Giddens, her music and the process behind it, but the person is even more beautiful and interesting. She exudes who she is. Her team of talented musicians are also very interesting and I am glad she gave them a large place. A great experience with real people believing in what they do.

Missed Rhiannon’s beautiful voice and at the end, we learned how hard a year she had with that voice. My heart went out to her totally + completely. It was a night of interesting and unusual music, most of which I loved. I especially loved her energy + dancing with Pure. So much love!

Great show. Rhiannon was amazing as always, and her band is excellent. It was my first time at The Clarice Smith center and I was impressed. It’s a very nice space with an intimate feel and good acoustics.

Fantastic: my first time to see her live. She and her group are so talented and skilled the show was wonderful. There was a problem: I sat in the balcony. The sound system does not adequately support the artist. Giddens and her group had little problem; however, the opener, Aida Victoria, is a quiet voiced performer who was very difficult to hear. Most of her non-musical presentations were not understood.

Rhiannon is an american treasure. Her vocals are outstanding, incredibly talented song writer and such an important part of our history & future. The concert had you thinking, singing, crying and dancing! It was an amazing evening!

A brilliant show that takes you beyond the talents of both musicians and into a world of musicology, history and setting the record straight. If you have enjoyed listening to their work, don't miss the next opportunity to see them live.

I was just amazed at the range of her voice. Her Voice is equal to another instrument. Which brings us to that beautiful fretless banjo, guitar and fretless violin. She is a master of them all. Beautiful ❤

Fascinating, intelligent- would have happily stayed for the symposium on the crossovers from African to American and European musics. And the tambourine solo was something else... want to see video close up of that!

It was a really amazing show. The crowd was a little bit weird, but it was a bunch of white upper class liberals. I really enjoyed when she made them uncomfortable talking about reality of history. I really enjoyed the show.

Rhiannon Giddens was amazing with amazing performers supporting her with wonderful performances and stories of their own. She got to play a newly acquired 1842 banjo from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Amazing!

Powerful, sacred, communal experience. Artists “spoke” and communicated with each other and the audience through gestures, beautiful, soulful, joyful music, movement, instruments, voice. All of it was deeply given and deeply received. It continues to resonate and reverberate with me. I am singing!

The show was fabulous. Very deep and moving. I will buy the CD for my car and read the offerings on the Silk Road Ensemble website. Sorry to learn about Ms. Giddens struggles with her voice on this fabulous tour.

I'm a musician and a lover of music in my late 70s, I've been to the Newport Folk Festival and NOLA Jazzfest. I've listened to Muddy Waters in blues clubs, Jimi Hendrix and Joplin on the big state, Bonnie Raitt and Brandi Carlisle close up, Mavis Staples, Habib Koite and Toumani Diabate. This was the best show I've experienced in my life. The venue, the live sound- both fabulous, but more than that Rhiannon Giddens' consummate musicianship and deeply moving performance, the outstanding virtuosity and teamwork of her band- both as individuals and together, the variety of music, the clear shining joy of the band as a team, and her SINGING. I feel like a bell that has been rung and will ring for a long time.

Superb. Great singing and musicianship . Ms. Giddens has a great voice, a penchant for resurrecting old tunes, a fount of information on racial music history and a great band. It did not hurt that the great Tai Mahal showed up for a few tunes that rocked the house. Charly Lowry opened the show with just hand drum and bones, and a fine strong voice. Definitely worth following her career. A great uplifting show. Go See Ms. Giddens. SheworShe is more than worth your time.

Exceptional. I’ve listened to her albums for several years. This is the first time I’ve seen her live and it was better than expected. Charly Lowry who opened also had a great voice.

I love the work of Rhiannon Giddens, her music and the process behind it, but the person is even more beautiful and interesting. She exudes who she is. Her team of talented musicians are also very interesting and I am glad she gave them a large place. A great experience with real people believing in what they do.

Missed Rhiannon’s beautiful voice and at the end, we learned how hard a year she had with that voice. My heart went out to her totally + completely. It was a night of interesting and unusual music, most of which I loved. I especially loved her energy + dancing with Pure. So much love!

Great show. Rhiannon was amazing as always, and her band is excellent. It was my first time at The Clarice Smith center and I was impressed. It’s a very nice space with an intimate feel and good acoustics.

Fantastic: my first time to see her live. She and her group are so talented and skilled the show was wonderful. There was a problem: I sat in the balcony. The sound system does not adequately support the artist. Giddens and her group had little problem; however, the opener, Aida Victoria, is a quiet voiced performer who was very difficult to hear. Most of her non-musical presentations were not understood.

Rhiannon is an american treasure. Her vocals are outstanding, incredibly talented song writer and such an important part of our history & future. The concert had you thinking, singing, crying and dancing! It was an amazing evening!

A brilliant show that takes you beyond the talents of both musicians and into a world of musicology, history and setting the record straight. If you have enjoyed listening to their work, don't miss the next opportunity to see them live.

I was just amazed at the range of her voice. Her Voice is equal to another instrument. Which brings us to that beautiful fretless banjo, guitar and fretless violin. She is a master of them all. Beautiful ❤

Fascinating, intelligent- would have happily stayed for the symposium on the crossovers from African to American and European musics. And the tambourine solo was something else... want to see video close up of that!

It was a really amazing show. The crowd was a little bit weird, but it was a bunch of white upper class liberals. I really enjoyed when she made them uncomfortable talking about reality of history. I really enjoyed the show.