I’m ending this weeks posts where I started with Rhiannon Giddens. I’m drawn to this voice. It’s honest, and vulnerable and strong at the same time. I’m shedding some of my musical snobbery thanks to her. Simplicity can be a beautiful thing. I don’t need all my music to be complicated to satisfy my musical soul. Hope you can hear Rhiannon and her lovely qualities like I now do.
Rhiannon Giddens: Shake Sugaree
Written by Michael Barrett
Associate Artistic Director, NYFOS
In category: Song of the Day
Published August 2, 2019
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Michael Barrett is the co-founder and associate artistic director of New York Festival of Song, as well as the co-founder and music director of the Moab Music Festival in Utah. A conductor and a pianist, Michael was a protégé of Leonard Bernstein and serves as music advisor to the Leonard Bernstein Estate.
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