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Rhiannon Giddens

Born on February 21, 1977, in Greensboro, North Carolina, Rhiannon Giddens is a singer-songwriter, violinist, and banjo player who garnered acclaim as a founding member of the old-time string band Carolina Chocolate Drops. Her work with the group has earned her a Grammy Award for their album Genuine Negro Jig released in 2011 and, at the time, was a high point in a relatively short professional career that had seen the musician rise steadily up into the elite ranks of US country music. In tandem with her success with the band, Rhiannon Giddens launched a successful solo career th...