There’s a joke Rhiannon Giddens often tells audiences ... somebody hide me because she’s going to talk about the banjo or slavery or both!” Giddens is unapologetically that girl.

Rhiannon Giddens plays the banjo and viola ... The song begins with a solo riff from Giddens on the minstrel banjo. Giddens, 46, was born in Greensboro, North Carolina and now lives in Co Limerick.