Rhiannon Giddens, what an amazing singer.

[kwassa]

Rhiannon has spent a decade in the world of folk, as singer and performer with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, a musical collective devoted to African-American string band music. She is an outstanding vocalist, and banjo and fiddle player.

Here she is performing as part of the band called The New Basement Tapes, which also includes Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford, Taylor Goldsmith, and Jim James.

Here she is in a simple duet with another singer, that really features her beautiful voice.

[Orrex]

1. I can't view YouTube from work hate that "Umbrella" song

[wyldwolf]

2. sticks and stones may break her bones but whips and chains excite her.

[kwassa]

3. NO, NOT HER!!!!!

[Orrex]

4. LOL

I loved her with the Drops, as evidenced HERE.

[kwassa]

7. I completely forgot about that conversation ...

and I posted links, too!

[cemaphonic]

5. Yeah, she's amazingly talented

She's equally at home in traditional Celtic music too (though obviously, there is a lot of overlap between that and the string-band stuff).

Here she is playing her fretless banjo:

[Lars39]

6. Yes!

She and The Carolina Chocolate Drops are great!
On my wish list is to hear a collaborative album between them and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band some day.

[progressoid]

8. Saw "The New Basement Tapes" film a couple weeks ago.

Interesting

[kwassa]

9. but did you like the film?

[progressoid]

13. Yeah.

It was interesting watching them work. Rhiannon was a little frustrated during part of it but seemed to work out in the end.

[cemaphonic]

10. Gotta hand it to Dylan

Between this and Old Crow Medicine Show, even sifting through his outtakes and half-finished songs, it's still possible to strike gold.

[KMOD]

11. Rhiannon is an amazing forum host, too!

[mnhtnbb]

12. We've seen her a couple of times here performing with Carolina Chocolate Drops.

She is, indeed, an amazing talent.

[taterguy]

14. This song puts a lump in my throat

[kwassa]

15. Beautiful.

[MerryBlooms]

17. Outstanding.

[MerryBlooms]

16. Beaut!

[oregonjen]

18. Hadn't heard of her until she made an appearance on Parenthood's series finale

Beautiful voice!

Warning: if you have not seen Parenthood's last episode, there are spoilers in this video.

[tblue]

19. Just heard her song on that album!

AMAZING!!!!!!!!