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Rhiannon Giddens returns to Athens with her band to take us on a journey through Black American music — from country, to the blues, to swing.

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Rhiannon Giddens

University of Georgia Performing Arts Center

Composer, vocalist, and banjo virtuoso Rhiannon Giddens is perhaps the hardest working and most decorated woman in modern roots music—with two Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and a MacArthur “Genius” grant to her credit. Hot on the heels of her April 2025 release with fellow Carolina Chocolate Drops member Justin Robinson, What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow, Giddens returns to Berkeley leading a stellar five-piece string band in a supremely original romp through Black American music—from the blues, to country, to swing. “Few artists are so fearless and so ravenous in their exploration” (Pitchfork).

Rhiannon Giddens & The Old-Time Revue

Cal Performances

Rhiannon Giddens and The Old-Time Revue

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Singer and instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens’ iconic brand of folk music spotlights people whose contributions to American musical history have been overlooked or erased, and advocates for a more accurate understanding of the country’s musical origins through art. A two-time Grammy Award winner, MacArthur fellow and composer, she was awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her debut opera Omar. Her highly-anticipated new solo album, You’re the One, releases in August.

Granada Theatre

Dirk Powell is a musician whose emotional understanding of American tradition has enabled him to expand on roots extending back more than nine generations in the southern mountains. His new group is a hard-driving, exciting testament to the power of the living old-time music tradition. Powell’s ability to unite traditional and historical forms with modern sensibilities has led to work with many of today’s greatest artists, from Sting to Jewel to Loretta Lynn to Joan Baez.

Singer, Guitarist, Accordionist, Fiddleist, Fiddler

Dirk Powell

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Apr 28, 2026

Rhiannon Giddens · UGA Performing Arts Center

Jun 21, 2025

Rhiannon Giddens & The Old-Time Revue · Cal Performances

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