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Rhiannon Giddens’ banjo connects her to her ancestors: ‘The spirits come through’

"There's times I'm playing the banjo and I just feel the ancestors," Rhiannon Giddens says.

“There’s times I’m playing the banjo and I just feel the ancestors,” Rhiannon Giddens says. Karen Cox/Nonesuch Records

Karen Cox/Nonesuch Records

Giddens sings and plays music throughout this interview. Click the audio link above to get the full experience.

Musician Rhiannon Giddens describes herself as “a folkie to the bone.”

“There’s times I’m playing the banjo and I just feel the ancestors. Like, I feel the spirits come through,” she says. “And it’s like, that’s

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