Rhiannon Giddens's 'Freedom Highway'

Rhiannon Giddens‘s ‘Freedom Highway’ is her second studio album as a solo artist released on Februray 24, 2017 by Nonesuch

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1 . At The Purchaser’s Option (Augusta Vocal Week, 2016)

2 . Julie

3 . Julie

4 . Come Love Come (Paris, 2016)

5 . Come Love Come (The Blue Mountains Music Festival, 2016)

Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway

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Track Listing : 1.At The Purchaser’S Option (Rhiannon Giddens, Joey Ryan) – 04:15 . 2.The Angels Laid Him Away (Mississippi John Hurt) – 02:32 . 3.Julie (Rhiannon Giddens) – 04:29 . 4.Birmingham Sunday (Richard Fariña, Rhiannon Giddens, Dirk Powell) – 06:15 . 5.Better Get It Right The First Time (Rhiannon Giddens, Dirk Powell) – 03:24 . 6.We Could Fly (Rhiannon Giddens, Dirk Powell) – 04:52 . 7.Hey Bébé (Rhiannon Giddens, Dirk Powell) – 03:19 . 8.Come Love Come (Rhiannon Giddens) – 05:19 . 9.The Love We Almost Had (Bhi Bhiman, Rhiannon Giddens) – 04:18 . 10.Baby Boy (Rhiannon Giddens, Lalenja Harrington) – 04:28 . 11.Following The North Star (Rhiannon Giddens) – 01:55 . 12.Freedom Highway (Roebuck “Pops” Staples) – 04:47

Musicians : Rhiannon Giddens – Vocals, Banjo, Handclapping . Dirk Powell – Electric Bass, Bells, Fiddle, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Harmony Vocals . Eric Adcock – Hammond B3, Wurlitzer . Patrick Bartley – Tenor Saxophone . Bhi Bhiman – Electric Guitar, Background Vocals On (12) . Desiree Champagne – Rubboard . Rowan Corbett – Percussion, Harmony Vocals . Jamie Dick – Drums, Percussion . Alphonso Horne – Trumpet . Hubby Jenkins – Banjo, Mandolin . Leyla Mccalla – Cello, Harmony Vocals . Malcolm Parson – Cello . Jason Sypher – Bass . Corey Wilcox – Trombone . Amelia Powell – Handclapping . Ina Powell – Handclapping . Sophie Powell – Handclapping . Lalenja Harrington – Harmony Vocals

Production : Produced By Rhiannon Giddens, Dirk Powell . Nolan Theis – Engineer . Eric Adcock – Engineer . Robert C. Ludwig – Mastering . Dirk Powell -Engineer, Mixing

Package : Jeri Heiden – Design . John Peets – Photography

Recorded 2016-2017.

Released On February 24, 2017 By Nonesuch Records.

(Source Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway | Official Site)

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Slant Magazine
Giddens’s depth of musical knowledge comes in handy throughout Freedom Highway, and not just for unearthing some of the roots of the old, weird American folk vernacular. […]

Pitchfork
The album’s beauty and gravitas come from how Giddens collapses the last two centuries of American history, juxtaposing songs about antebellum slave plantations with 1960’s Civil Rights anthems and narratives of 21st-century state violence. […]

Paste Magazine
Brass pumping, hands clapping, blasts of Wurlitzer and a needlenose electric guitar buzzing, Giddens’ and Bhiman’s voices rise up in triumph, the shackles of abuse cast aside. They’re joyously resolved, “marching that freedom highway, and aren’t gonna turn around.” […]

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