Arts and Music

My Music with Rhiannon Giddens

Grammy winner and MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient Rhiannon Giddens hosts a new half-hour series of musical performance and conversation with outstanding guest artists—innovative and accomplished musicians and storytellers who have forged unconventional paths to find their voices.

Loah

24m 35s

Loah (Sallay Garnett) is Irish and Sierra Leonean. She is an actor, singer-songwriter, and instrumentalist—as well as a licensed pharmacist! Host Rhiannon visits with Loah at Connolly's of Leap, a legendary 500-year-old pub in West Cork.

Episodes

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    Loah

    S3 E2 - 24m 35s

    Loah (Sallay Garnett) is Irish and Sierra Leonean. She is an actor, singer-songwriter, and instrumentalist—as well as a licensed pharmacist! Host Rhiannon visits with Loah at Connolly's of Leap, a legendary 500-year-old pub in West Cork.

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    Róisín Elsafty

    S3 E1 - 24m 35s

    Róisín Elsafty is a native Irish speaker and singer in the sean-nós (“old time”) tradition who comes from a musical family: her mother and sisters are also respected vocalists. But the family’s influences also included Umm Kulthum and the music of Róisín’s father’s Egyptian homeland. Rhiannon visits with Róisín in the Gothic Church at Kylemore Abbey in Connemara.

Extras + Features

  • Cortège: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Cortège

    S3 E2 - 3m 11s

    Loah and Rhiannon Giddens perform "Cortège".

  • Season 3 Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Season 3 Preview

    S3 - 29s

    Season 3 of "My Music with Rhiannon Giddens” accompanies North Carolina's celebrated native daughter Rhiannon Giddens around her adopted home country of Ireland as she interviews and performs with some outstanding current stars of Irish traditional music.

Schedule

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    Allison Russell

    Friday
    May 9

    30 Minutes

    Canadian singer-songwriter and activist Allison Russell.
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    Maeve Gilchrist

    Sunday
    May 11

    30 Minutes

    Celtic harpist Maeve Gilchrist performs and talks about the harp's place in different musical traditions.
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    Maeve Gilchrist

    Sunday
    May 11

    30 Minutes

    Celtic harpist Maeve Gilchrist performs and talks about the harp's place in different musical traditions.
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    Rissi Palmer

    Wednesday
    May 14

    30 Minutes

    Songs and stories from country music artist Rissi Palmer.
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    Charly Lowry

    Thursday
    May 15

    30 Minutes

    A visit with singer-songwriter Charly Lowry at her tribal homeland of Robeson County, N.C., where she explains how her Native American roots and experiences inform her music.
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    Adia Victoria

    Friday
    May 16

    30 Minutes

    Indie artist Adia Victoria talks about her strict religious upbringing and self-discovery through the blues.
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    Joy Clark

    Saturday
    May 17

    30 Minutes

    Lyrical guitarist Joy Clark, a rising singer-songwriter on the Americana music scene.
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    My Music Lately

    Tuesday
    May 20

    30 Minutes

    Rhiannon Giddens talks with her partner and musical collaborator, Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, about their musical affinities and vision of musical heritage that crosses borders.
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    Wu Man

    Wednesday
    May 21

    30 Minutes

    Pipa master Wu Man talks about the origins of the pipa and Silk Road's "American Railroad" project.
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    Maeve Gilchrist

    Thursday
    May 22

    30 Minutes

    Celtic harpist Maeve Gilchrist performs and talks about the harp's place in different musical traditions.
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    Mazz Swift

    Friday
    May 23

    30 Minutes

    Violinist, vocalist and improvisational conductor Mazz Swift.

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