Rhiannon Giddens joins Branford Marsalis and Friends for a special North Carolina Symphony benefit concert in Raleigh tonight. On the program, she performs the title track to her new album, Tomorrow Is My Turn, as well as other classic tunes including "La vie en rose." While preparing for the concert, she recorded an intimate guitar-and-vocal version of the song made famous by Edith Piaf on a video you can watch here. Giddens' tour continues next week at the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, one of several festival sets to come, including Bonnaroo and Telluride Bluegrass. She begins a tour of the UK and Europe at the end of the month.
Rhiannon Giddens joins Branford Marsalis and Friends for a special concert to benefit the North Carolina Symphony at Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh tonight. On the program, she performs the title track to her solo debut album, Tomorrow Is My Turn, as well as other classic tunes "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess, "Autumn Leaves," "St. James Infirmary," and "La vie en rose." While preparing for the concert, Giddens recorded an intimate guitar-and-vocal version of "La vie en rose," the song made famous by Edith Piaf, on a video you can watch below.
Giddens' North American tour continues next week at the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, one of several festival sets to come, including Bonnaroo and Telluride Bluegrass. She begins a tour of the UK and Europe with a concert at Islington Assembly Hall in London at the end of the month. For details and tickets, 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 download of the complete album at checkout.
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