Artist Information
Reviving, interpreting, and recasting traditional material from a variety of sources has been central to Rhiannon’s career, especially in her groundbreaking work with the Carolina Chocolate Drops (CCDs). The CCDs have investigated and promoted the foundational role African-American performers and songwriters have played in folk-music history, while making recordings that are vital, contemporary, and exuberant. Now, Rhiannon has embarked on a more personal sort of journey, but with a nod towards history as well. She has a broad array of songs associated with the female artists who are her musical and spiritual forebears and has fashioned an album that serves both as patchwork autobiography and as a subtle tribute to those artists and their often hard-won legacies.
