WXPN Welcomes Rhiannon Giddens

Rhiannon Giddens has made a singular, iconic career out of stretching her brand of music, with its miles-deep historical roots and contemporary sensibilities, into just about every field imaginable. A two-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer and instrumentalist, MacArthur "Genius" grant recipient, Pulitzer Prize winner, and composer of opera, ballet, and film, Giddens has centered her work around the mission of uplifting people whose contributions to American musical history have previously been overlooked and erased, and advocating for a more accurate understanding of the country's musical origins through art. As Pitchfork once said, "few artists are so fearless and so ravenous in their exploration" - a journey that has led to NPR naming her one of its 25 Most Influential Women Musicians of the 21st Century and to American Songwriter calling her "one of the most important musical minds currently walking the planet."