Percussionist

Vocalist

Fiddleist

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

EPSG:4326

Rhiannon Giddens and The Old-Time Revue

The Royal Conservatory of Music

A musical summit and jam session featuring solos and collaborations among the bowed and plucked string instruments from cultures in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Finale: Strings Attached

Libbey Bowl

An Ojai-commissioned chamber work for voices and small ensemble drawn from the opera Omar, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, paired with the musical traditions of Senegal and the Carolinas.

Percussionist, Vocalist, Fiddleist

Justin Robinson

Events

Past events

Jun 21, 2025

Rhiannon Giddens & The Old-Time Revue · Cal Performances

15 - 16 May, 2025

Rhiannon Giddens and The Old-Time Revue · The Royal Conservatory of Music

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