For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has been a long road. A festival in Durham this weekend aims to remedy that.
Americana Artist Rhiannon Giddens Wins $625,000 MacArthur Grant
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.
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