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Biscuits & Jam

Rhiannon Giddens's History Lessons

Biscuits & Jam

Meredith Corporation

Music Interviews, Arts, Food, Music

4.8608 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, speaks to Grammy award-winning artist, storyteller, and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens. Today, Rhiannon talks about the first time she heard clawhammer style on the banjo, and what she learned from her mentor, Joe Thompson, a North Carolina fiddle player who introduced her to a whole catalog of lost songs. She tells the incredible story behind her latest opera, Omar, about a muslim scholar who was enslaved and brought to Charleston, South Carolina, and who later wrote down his story in a rare and powerful memoir. Plus, she explains how she became obsessed with making the perfect biscuit while spending lockdown in Ireland. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Jenny Snyder - Audio Engineer/Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:03.8

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0:06.0

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0:07.7

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0:19.2

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0:36.9

Welcome to the summer tour edition of Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living.

0:40.9

I'm Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of Southern Living magazine.

0:44.8

My guest today is a Grammy- Award-winning artist, storyteller, and multi-instrumentalist who has

0:50.8

already left a powerful mark on Southern culture, and she is just getting started.

0:56.4

Riannon Giddens grew up in North Carolina surrounded by bluegrass music, but her musical appetites

1:02.9

led her to other genres. When she was young, she started singing in the Greensboro Youth Chorus

1:08.8

and went on to pursue opera at Oberlin Conservatory.

1:12.6

After that, she co-founded the Carolina Chocolate Drops, a band that focused on traditional black string band music,

1:19.6

and she's since gone on to a remarkable solo career.

1:24.6

Today, Riannon talks about the first time she heard Clawhammer style on the banjo,

1:30.0

and what she learned from her mentor, Joe Thompson, a North Carolina fiddle player who introduced

1:36.1

her to a whole catalog of law songs. She tells the incredible story behind her latest opera,

1:43.0

Omar, about a Muslim scholar who was

1:46.0

enslaved and brought to Charleston, South Carolina, and who later wrote down his story

1:51.4

in a rare and powerful memoir. Plus, she explains how she became obsessed with making the perfect

1:58.1

biscuit while spending lockdown in Ireland.

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