Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi

RHIANNON GIDDENS WITH FRANCESCO TURRISI

Artists

Vocals and Banjo Rhiannon Giddens Multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi Bass Jason Sypher

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON CISTERN YARD

May 28, 9:00pm

1 hour, 15 minutes Performed without an intermission

RHIANNON GIDDENS uses her art to excavate the past and reveal bold truths about our present. A MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient, Giddens co-founded the Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, and she has been nominated for eight Grammys for her work as a soloist and collaborator. She was nominated for her collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, there is no Other (2019). Giddens’s latest Grammy-winning album, They’re Calling Me Home, is a 12-track album, recorded with Turrisi in Ireland during the recent lockdown; it speaks of the longing for the comfort of home as well as the metaphorical “call home” of death, which has been a tragic reality for so many during the COVID-19 crisis.

Sponsored by First Citizens Bank

Programming at the College of Charleston Cistern Yard is kindly endowed by Carlos, Lisa, and Blake Evans.

Piano generously provided by Steinway & Sons.

This performance is made possible in part through funds from the Spoleto Festival USA Endowment, generously supported by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America.

CBS News journalist Martha Teichner hosts a Conversation with Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels at 2:00pm on Saturday, May 28, at the Charleston Gaillard Center, 95 Calhoun St.