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Rhiannon Giddens

Calling Me ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ is the new album by Rhiannon Giddens and her partner, Francesco Turrisi. Bruce shares an in-depth conversation with Rhiannon about the album and her life in music.

Originally from South Carolina, USA, Rhiannon Giddens now based in Ireland where she lives with her Sicilian partner, Francesco Turrisi. They’ve recently released a new album called β€˜Calling Me ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’ and Bruce spoke with Rhiannon about that and many other things, including music and race, her latest opera and how she first broke into music with The Carolina Chocolate Drops.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Thu 6 May 2021 20:00

Music Played

  • Sver

    BOOTΒ’N RALLY

    • Reverie.
    • Folkhall Records.
  • Lau

    Salty Boys

    • Arc Light.
    • Navigator.
  • Anna Leyden

    Different From What We Were

    • All Part Of It.
    • Anna Leyden.
  • Blue Rose Code

    Rebecca

    • ...And Lo! The Bird Is On The Wing.
    • Ronachan Songs.
  • GLIN

    Inbhir

    • single.
    • GLIN.
  • Harem Scarem

    Human Metrognome

    • Let Them Eat Fishcake.
    • Vertical Records.
  • Christina Alden & Alex Patterson

    Hunter

    • Hunter.
  • Smith and McClennan

    One More Day

    • Small Town Stories.
    • White Fall Records.
  • Jack Badcock

    Penny Sweets

    • The Driftwood Project.
    • Jack Badcock.
  • Eilidh Cormack

    Iain Ghlinn Cuaich

    • The Bard's Tale - Barrows Deep.
    • Heist Records.
  • ±αΓ²-°ωΓ²

    The Pup

    • Hex.
    • Ho-Ro Music.
  • Mec Lir

    Lisnagun Jig / The Grackle / John Stenson's No.2

    • Not An EP.
    • Big Mann Records.
  • Dervish with Rhiannon Giddens

    The May Morning Dew

    • The Great Irish Songbook.
    • Rounder Records.
  • Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi

    Waterbound

    • TheyΒ’re Calling Me ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ.
    • Nonesuch Records.
  • Carolina Chocolate Drops

    SnowdenΒ’s Jig

    • Genuine Negro Jig.
    • Nonesuch Records.
  • Carolina Chocolate Drops

    Cornbread and Butterbeans

    • Genuine Negro Jig.
    • Nonesuch Records.
  • Carolina Chocolate Drops

    Trouble in Your Mind

    • Genuine Negro Jig.
    • Nonesuch Records.
  • Catherine‐Ann MacPhee

    Faistneachd Agus Beannachd Do Na Gaidheil (A Blessing and a Prophecy to the Gael)

    • Sings Mairi Mhor.
    • Greentrax.
  • Rhiannon Giddens

    Β‘S iomadh rud tha dhith orm/Ciamar a ni mi Β‘n dannsa direach

    • Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Β‘Inside Llewyn DavisΒ’.
  • Transatlantic Sessions

    A Simple Life

    • Transatlantic Sessions 2 Volume One.
    • Iona Records.
  • Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi

    Calling Me ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ

    • TheyΒ’re Calling Me ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ.
    • Nonesuch Records.
  • Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi

    Si Dolce e 'l Tormento

    • TheyΒ’re Calling Me ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ.
    • Nonesuch Records.
  • Silk Road Ensemble

    Arabian Waltz

    • New Impossibilities.
  • Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi

    Amazing Grace

    • TheyΒ’re Calling Me ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ.
    • Nonesuch Records.
  • Brian Finnegan

    Chasing the Shouting Wind

    • Hunger of the Skin.
    • Brian Finnegan Music.

Broadcast

  • Thu 6 May 2021 20:00