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[FOLK] A founding member of the Grammy Award Winning band Carolina Chocolate Drops, Rhiannon Giddens is a multi-instrumentalist from Greensboro North Carolina. Lightly strumming a five-string banjo, Giddens delivers entrancing, mysterious mountain-folk music on songs like “Wayfaring Stranger,” which has amassed hundreds of thousands of views on Youtube. As a solo musician and as part of Carolina Chocolate Drops, Giddens plays everything from her five-string banjo, to fiddle and kazoo, and sings with a voice that’s at once powerful and comforting. On her debut solo album, 2015’s Tomorrow is My Turn, as well as her latest album, 2017’s Freedom Highway, the 41-year-old artist blends gospel, jazz, blues, and country music that’s emotional, intriguing, and kept cohesive by the consistency of her soulful vocals. Catch Rhiannon Giddens live at Babeville’s Asbury Hall on Wednesday, June 27.