Rhiannon Giddens

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Rhiannon Giddens and Sxip Shirey

The Carolina Chocolate Drops Rhiannon Giddens and Luminescent Orchestrii's Sxip Shirey are cooking up rural, world and urban folk influence into something delicious, surprising and new. After a chance meeting led their two bands to record 5 human beat box jug band tracks, Giddens and Shirey realized something special was happening between her banjo and his resophonic guitar. The two play their two instruments as if they were one, weaving melody and rhythm from many influences together. Appalachian, Opera, Gaelic, Hip-hop, their music is an explosion of texture and sound.


>From Durham North Carolina, Rhiannon Giddens is the female voice of The Carolina Chocolate Drops, a young but seminal African-American string band. In this project she steps out, showcasing her full range as a singer of folk, blues, gospel, pop and whatever takes the moment.


Sxip Shirey is a legendary underground folk guitarist and composer from Brooklyn, New York and member of The Luminescent Orchestrii. With a bag of tricks that include a resophonic guitar, triple extended pennywhistles, mutant harmonicas and human beat boxing, you never know what to expect.


Note : This event will be held in The Little Theatre, St Columb's Hall, Orchard St, Derry/Londonderry as The Playhouse is currently undergoing refurbishment.