Rhiannon Giddens traces the banjo from her ancestors to Beyoncé
Rhiannon Giddens, a genre-defying musician and MacArthur Fellow, reflects on her journey reclaiming Black musical traditions, from the banjo’s African roots to her role on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, framing her art as both ancestral reclamation and a defiant act of hope in turbulent times
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