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Rhiannon Giddens' debut solo album, Tomorrow Is My Turn, due out next Tuesday, is streaming in full all this week as an NPR First Listen. "It's a scrupulously selected, richly realized collection of songs," writes NPR's Ann Powers. "Though she didn't write most of these songs, Giddens owns them on Tomorrow Is My Turn ... Her voice—mobile, intelligent, ready to talk back to anyone's presumptions—is always at the center here, guiding the story. Let me be the first to say it: Today is Rhiannon Giddens' turn."

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Rhiannon Giddens' debut solo album, Tomorrow Is My Turn, is due out next Tuesday, February 10, on Nonesuch Records. But you don't need to wait till then to hear it: the new album is streaming in full all this week as an NPR First Listen at npr.org. Tomorrow Is My Turn, produced by T Bone Burnett, features a broad range of songs from genres as diverse as gospel, jazz, blues, and country, including works made famous by Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Odetta, and Nina Simone.

"It's a scrupulously selected, richly realized collection of songs," writes NPR's Ann Powers. "Tomorrow Is My Turn tells the story of how songs become crucial through certain performances that take them somewhere beyond their origin points. Giddens responds to these performances with highly nuanced, sometimes theatrical, always personal readings of her own, presenting an alternative history of folk and popular music that's particularly appropriate for today."

Powers later concludes: "Though she didn't write most of these songs, Giddens owns them on Tomorrow Is My Turn ... Her voice—mobile, intelligent, ready to talk back to anyone's presumptions—is always at the center here, guiding the story. Let me be the first to say it: Today is Rhiannon Giddens' turn."

Read more and listen to the complete album, streaming now at npr.org.

To pre-order Tomorrow Is My Turn and download four album tracks now, head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl (due March 3) pre-orders also include an exclusive, autographed print and a download of the complete album starting release day.

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  • Monday, February 2, 2015
    Hear Rhiannon Giddens' "Tomorrow Is My Turn" Streaming in Full as NPR First Listen
    Dan Winters

    Rhiannon Giddens' debut solo album, Tomorrow Is My Turn, is due out next Tuesday, February 10, on Nonesuch Records. But you don't need to wait till then to hear it: the new album is streaming in full all this week as an NPR First Listen at npr.org. Tomorrow Is My Turn, produced by T Bone Burnett, features a broad range of songs from genres as diverse as gospel, jazz, blues, and country, including works made famous by Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Odetta, and Nina Simone.

    "It's a scrupulously selected, richly realized collection of songs," writes NPR's Ann Powers. "Tomorrow Is My Turn tells the story of how songs become crucial through certain performances that take them somewhere beyond their origin points. Giddens responds to these performances with highly nuanced, sometimes theatrical, always personal readings of her own, presenting an alternative history of folk and popular music that's particularly appropriate for today."

    Powers later concludes: "Though she didn't write most of these songs, Giddens owns them on Tomorrow Is My Turn ... Her voice—mobile, intelligent, ready to talk back to anyone's presumptions—is always at the center here, guiding the story. Let me be the first to say it: Today is Rhiannon Giddens' turn."

    Read more and listen to the complete album, streaming now at npr.org.

    To pre-order Tomorrow Is My Turn and download four album tracks now, head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl (due March 3) pre-orders also include an exclusive, autographed print and a download of the complete album starting release day.

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