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Rhiannon Giddens

Folk
Folk

Rhiannon Giddens is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian, Jim James, The Slickers and Laura Veirs. Those roots explain a lot about how Rhiannon Giddens arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Alison Krauss & Union Station, Crooked Still, Sierra Ferrell, Eva Cassidy and Odetta, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sierra Hull, Larkin Poe, Cowboy Carter, Elvis Costello and Jim James, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Rhiannon Giddens, reaching back through Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and forward to Sierra Hull. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Rhiannon GiddensSmithsonian Folkways…Bitter Tears: Ballad…Jim JamesThe SlickersLaura VeirsAllison RussellPatsy ClineOdettaSierra HullLarkin PoeCowboy CarterElvis CostelloJim JamesTom JonesAllison RussellPeggy SeegerAlison Krauss & Unio…Crooked StillSierra FerrellEva CassidyOdettaThe Milk Carton KidsThe War and TreatyRodney Crowell

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Rhiannon Giddens connections

Rhiannon Giddens grew out of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian, Jim James and The Slickers, shares an orbit with Alison Krauss & Union Station, Crooked Still, Sierra Ferrell and Eva Cassidy, went on to shape Sierra Hull, Larkin Poe, Cowboy Carter and Elvis Costello. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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