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Rhiannon Giddens’s book debut, Build a House, is out today on Candlewick Press. The picture book was inspired by, and features the lyrics of, a song she wrote and recorded with Yo-Yo Ma to commemorate Juneteenth in 2020. A newly recorded version of “Build a House” with Ma and Francesco Turrisi is also out today on Nonesuch; you can watch the video here. Giddens will read the book and perform at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum October 13 and The Grammy Museum in LA October 22. Her Carnegie Hall Perspectives concerts begin October 15; her opera Omar with Michael Abels debuts at LA Opera October 22.
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Rhiannon Giddens’s book debut, Build a House, is out today, published by Candlewick Press. The picture book was inspired by, and features the lyrics of, a song that Giddens wrote and recorded with Yo-Yo Ma to commemorate Juneteenth in 2020. A newly recorded version of “Build a House” with Ma and Francesco Turrisi, is also out today on Nonesuch and can be heard here. You can watch the video, featuring Monica Mikai's illustrations from the book, here:
Build a House tells the story of an enslaved family that will not be moved, and the music that sustains them. Giddens will be reading the book and performing this month: a community outreach book reading at The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on October 22, and at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum on October 13.
In addition to the book release, Giddens’ fall includes key concerts as a Carnegie Hall Perspectives Artist for the 2022–23 season, including a duo performance with Turrisi in Weill Recital Hall on October 15 and with Our Native Daughters in Stern Auditorium on November 4.
Her appearances continue at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on November 12 as part of the Rock My Soul festival; and the LA Opera debut of Omar on October 22. Omar was created by Giddens with composer Michael Abels (Get Out). It was inspired by the autobiographical writings of Omar Ibn-Said (1770–1864), a Muslim scholar forcibly taken from his native Senegal and enslaved in North and South Carolina. Omar will be performed by five more top opera companies in the US over the next two years. You can watch her discuss the piece on CBS Sunday Morning.
Giddens has also scored music for Questlove’s new film Descendants coming out this month. She performed with Paul Simon at Newport Folk Festival, and at the Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon, which was taped earlier this year and will air on CBS this fall. Black Lucy and the Bard, the Nashville Ballet production scored by Giddens, recently aired on PBS’ Great Performances and was deemed “marvelous television” by the Wall Street Journal. Giddens was named the Artistic Director of the Silkroad Ensemble and spoke about her work with PBS Newshour. She is the Music Director for the 2023 Ojai Music Festival.
Rhiannon Giddens Releases "Build a House" Debut Book and Song with Yo-Yo Ma
Rhiannon Giddens’s book debut, Build a House, is out today, published by Candlewick Press. The picture book was inspired by, and features the lyrics of, a song that Giddens wrote and recorded with Yo-Yo Ma to commemorate Juneteenth in 2020. A newly recorded version of “Build a House” with Ma and Francesco Turrisi, is also out today on Nonesuch and can be heard here. You can watch the video, featuring Monica Mikai's illustrations from the book, here:
Build a House tells the story of an enslaved family that will not be moved, and the music that sustains them. Giddens will be reading the book and performing this month: a community outreach book reading at The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on October 22, and at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum on October 13.
In addition to the book release, Giddens’ fall includes key concerts as a Carnegie Hall Perspectives Artist for the 2022–23 season, including a duo performance with Turrisi in Weill Recital Hall on October 15 and with Our Native Daughters in Stern Auditorium on November 4.
Her appearances continue at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on November 12 as part of the Rock My Soul festival; and the LA Opera debut of Omar on October 22. Omar was created by Giddens with composer Michael Abels (Get Out). It was inspired by the autobiographical writings of Omar Ibn-Said (1770–1864), a Muslim scholar forcibly taken from his native Senegal and enslaved in North and South Carolina. Omar will be performed by five more top opera companies in the US over the next two years. You can watch her discuss the piece on CBS Sunday Morning.
Giddens has also scored music for Questlove’s new film Descendants coming out this month. She performed with Paul Simon at Newport Folk Festival, and at the Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon, which was taped earlier this year and will air on CBS this fall. Black Lucy and the Bard, the Nashville Ballet production scored by Giddens, recently aired on PBS’ Great Performances and was deemed “marvelous television” by the Wall Street Journal. Giddens was named the Artistic Director of the Silkroad Ensemble and spoke about her work with PBS Newshour. She is the Music Director for the 2023 Ojai Music Festival.
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Rhiannon Giddens Releases "Build a House" Debut Book and Song with Yo-Yo Ma
Rhiannon Giddens’s book debut, Build a House, is out today, published by Candlewick Press. The picture book was inspired by, and features the lyrics of, a song that Giddens wrote and recorded with Yo-Yo Ma to commemorate Juneteenth in 2020. A newly recorded version of “Build a House” with Ma and Francesco Turrisi, is also out today on Nonesuch and can be heard here. You can watch the video, featuring Monica Mikai's illustrations from the book, here:
Build a House tells the story of an enslaved family that will not be moved, and the music that sustains them. Giddens will be reading the book and performing this month: a community outreach book reading at The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on October 22, and at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum on October 13.
In addition to the book release, Giddens’ fall includes key concerts as a Carnegie Hall Perspectives Artist for the 2022–23 season, including a duo performance with Turrisi in Weill Recital Hall on October 15 and with Our Native Daughters in Stern Auditorium on November 4.
Her appearances continue at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on November 12 as part of the Rock My Soul festival; and the LA Opera debut of Omar on October 22. Omar was created by Giddens with composer Michael Abels (Get Out). It was inspired by the autobiographical writings of Omar Ibn-Said (1770–1864), a Muslim scholar forcibly taken from his native Senegal and enslaved in North and South Carolina. Omar will be performed by five more top opera companies in the US over the next two years. You can watch her discuss the piece on CBS Sunday Morning.
Giddens has also scored music for Questlove’s new film Descendants coming out this month. She performed with Paul Simon at Newport Folk Festival, and at the Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon, which was taped earlier this year and will air on CBS this fall. Black Lucy and the Bard, the Nashville Ballet production scored by Giddens, recently aired on PBS’ Great Performances and was deemed “marvelous television” by the Wall Street Journal. Giddens was named the Artistic Director of the Silkroad Ensemble and spoke about her work with PBS Newshour. She is the Music Director for the 2023 Ojai Music Festival.
The Way Out of Easy, the first album from guitarist Jeff Parker and his long-running ETA IVtet—saxophonist Josh Johnson, bassist Anna Butterss, drummer Jay Bellerose—since their 2022 debut Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy, which Pitchfork named one of the Best Albums of the 2020s So Far, is out now on International Anthem / Nonesuch Records. Like that album, The Way Out of Easy comprises recordings from LA venue ETA, where Parker and the ensemble held a weekly residency for seven years. During that time, the ETA IVtet evolved from a band that played mostly standards into a group known for its transcendent, long-form journeys into innovative, groove-oriented improvised music. All four tracks on The Way Out of Easy come from a single night in 2023, providing an unfiltered view of the ensemble, fully in their element.
Composer and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire’s honey from a winter stone is out January 17, 2025, on Nonesuch Records. The album, which Ambrose calls a “self-portrait,” features improvisational vocalist Kokayi, pianist Sam Harris, Chiquitamagic on synthesizer, drummer Justin Brown, and the Mivos Quartet. Akinmusire says, “In many respects this entire work is inspired by and is an homage to the work of the composer Julius Eastman and his organic music concept." The opening track, “muffled screams,” is out now.
