News Summary

• Rhiannon Giddens won a Pulitzer Prize for music in 2023 for her opera Omar about Omar ibn Said, a Muslim scholar in Africa who was sold into slavery in the 1800s.
• She recently launched the Biscuits & Banjos Foundation which celebrates the African diaspora’s role in shaping American identity and culture through music, literature, food and community.
• Her new album, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, comes out on Friday.
• Rhiannon performed her song “Wish in Vain” with Dirk Powell in our studio.