Watch: Rhiannon Giddens Performs on Jools Holland's "Hootenanny"

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Rhiannon Giddens helped ring in the New Year with a performance on Jools Holland's annual Hootenanny. She gives her always show-stopping performance of "Waterboy" and of the Sister Rosetta Tharpe tune "Up Above My Head," from her solo debut album, Tomorrow Is My Turn. The show aired in the UK on BBC Two on New Year's Eve. You can now watch Giddens's two performance here for a limited time. Giddens was a guest on BBC Radio Scotland's Another Country with Ricky Ross in advance of her European tour, which begins later this month.

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Rhiannon Giddens helped ring in the New Year with a performance on Jools Holland's annual Hootenanny. She gives her always show-stopping performance of "Waterboy" and of the Sister Rosetta Tharpe tune "Up Above My Head," from her Grammy-nominated solo debut album, Tomorrow Is My Turn. The show aired in the UK on BBC Two on New Year's Eve. You can now watch Giddens's two performance below, available for the next month.

Giddens was a recent guest on BBC Radio Scotland's Another Country with Ricky Ross. She discussed her new album in advance of her European tour, which is set to launch later this month and will include sets at Celtic Connections in Glasgow and as part of the succeeding Transatlantic Sessions tour. To hear the conversation, visit bbc.co.uk. For tour details, go to nonesuch.com/on-tour.

To pick up a copy of Tomorrow Is My Turn and Rhiannon Giddens's recent EP Factory Girl, visit the Nonesuch Store.

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Rhiannon Giddens: "Jools Holland's Hootenanny" 2016
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    Watch: Rhiannon Giddens Performs on Jools Holland's "Hootenanny"
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    Rhiannon Giddens helped ring in the New Year with a performance on Jools Holland's annual Hootenanny. She gives her always show-stopping performance of "Waterboy" and of the Sister Rosetta Tharpe tune "Up Above My Head," from her Grammy-nominated solo debut album, Tomorrow Is My Turn. The show aired in the UK on BBC Two on New Year's Eve. You can now watch Giddens's two performance below, available for the next month.

    Giddens was a recent guest on BBC Radio Scotland's Another Country with Ricky Ross. She discussed her new album in advance of her European tour, which is set to launch later this month and will include sets at Celtic Connections in Glasgow and as part of the succeeding Transatlantic Sessions tour. To hear the conversation, visit bbc.co.uk. For tour details, go to nonesuch.com/on-tour.

    To pick up a copy of Tomorrow Is My Turn and Rhiannon Giddens's recent EP Factory Girl, visit the Nonesuch Store.

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