Rhiannon Giddens, who is currently touring the United States, recently performed at the Americana Honors and Awards ceremony, where her solo debut album, Tomorrow Is My Turn, was nominated for Album of the Year. Earlier in the day, Giddens participated in a panel discussion hosted by NPR Music called Songs We Love: Americana Fest Edition. The event was led by NPR music critic Ann Powers, who had assembled what she called her "dream team ... truly three of my favorite artists"— Giddens, Patty Griffin, and Shakey Graves—for a conversation on music and why we love the songs we love, and performances of some of their favorites.

Giddens is "one of the great song interpreters of our time," says Powers. "She has an exquisite voice. But just as important is her sensibility, her sense of history, her innate feminism, womanism, and a brilliant originality."

You can hear Songs We Love: Americana Fest Edition, including Giddens's takes on Lydia Mendoza's "Mal Hombre," Ola Belle Reed's "Gonna Write Me a Letter," and Junior Brown's "My Wife Thinks You're Dead," below. For more on the event, visit npr.org.

Highlights from the Americana Honors and Awards ceremony will be broadcast on PBS's Austin City Limits on November 21.

To find out where Rhiannon Giddens's tour takes her next, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour. To pick up a copy of Tomorrow Is My Turn, head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a free MP3 download of the complete album at checkout.