Rhiannon Giddens, having just completed a successful tour of Australia, kicked off the next leg of her US tour with a free show at the Philips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire last night. The tour, which features songs from her solo debut album, Tomorrow Is My Turn, continues through the month of April with concerts in Maryland, Georgia, and Virginia; multiple shows in her home state of North Carolina; and a set at the New Orleans Jazz Fest. The tour culminates in a taping of Austin City Limits on April 25. Giddens's recent concert at Infinity Hall in Connecticut will air on the series Infinity Hall Live starting this Friday, April 8.
Rhiannon Giddens, having just completed a successful tour of Australia, kicked off the next leg of her US tour with a free show at the Philips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire last night. The tour, which features songs from her solo debut album, Tomorrow Is My Turn, continues through the month of April with concerts in Maryland, Georgia, and Virginia; multiple shows in her home state of North Carolina (wherein she is set to be inducted into the Music Hall of Fame this fall); and a set at the New Orleans Jazz Fest. The tour culminates in a taping of Austin City Limits on Monday, April 25. That performance, which marks Giddens’s Austin City Limits debut, will be broadcast on PBS at a later date as part of the 42nd season of the live music program. See below for all of the currently announced tour dates; for all the latest, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
In related public-television news, Giddens's recent concert at Infinity Hall in Connecticut will air on the series Infinity Hall Live. The performance can be seen online at ihlive.org starting this Friday, April 8.
The Sydney Morning Herald, in a four-star review of Giddens’ performance outside Sydney last month, described it as "brilliant American music without borders." Click here to watch Giddens perform the Sister Rosetta Tharpe tune "Up Above My Head," filmed during her Australia 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 download of the complete recording at checkout.
| Apr 5 | Exeter, NH |
| Apr 7 | Rams Head On Stage | Annapolis, MD |
| Apr 8 | Savannah Music Festival | Savannah, GA |
| Apr 10 | McGlohon Theatre | Charlotte, NC |
| Apr 11 | Carolina Theatre | Greensboro, NC |
| Apr 12 | Diana Wortham Theatre | Asheville, NC |
| Apr 13 | The National | Richmond, VA |
| Apr 24 | New Orleans Jazz Fest | New Orleans, LA |
| Apr 25 | Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater | Austin, TX |
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