Musician and actress Rhiannon Giddens has been awarded one of the MacArthur “genius grants” for her work “reclaiming African-American contributions to folk and country,” the institution says.
The bluegrass industry’s annual conference and festival – happening here in Nashville this week – is pulling up stakes and moving to Raleigh next year. Industry leaders say they’re aiming for a new balance in the stylistic push and pull between purists and progressives.