[2017-02-24] Rhiannon Giddens "Freedom Highway" with guest Bhi Bhiman (Nonesuch)

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

Description
Freedom Highway, Grammy Award–winner and 2017 Grammy nominee Rhiannon Giddens' follow-up to her highly praised debut album Tomorrow Is My Turn, will be released by Nonesuch Records on February 24, 2017. The record includes nine original songs Giddens wrote or co-wrote while she and her band toured after Tomorrow Is My Turn's 2015 release, along with a traditional song and two civil rights-era songs, "Birmingham Sunday" and Staple Singers' well-known "Freedom Highway," from which the album takes its name.

Giddens' writing for Freedom Highway is a departure from Tomorrow Is My Turn, which included one original song, with the rest being her interpretations of songs written or performed by a wide variety of female musicians. Giddens co-produced Freedom Highway with multi-instrumentalist Dirk Powell in his Breaux Bridge, Louisiana studio, with the bulk of recording done in wooden rooms built prior to the Civil War. As producers, Giddens and Powell sought to release the stories already in the walls, allowing the space to be a voice in itself. This approach allowed for an emotional fearlessness and presence not always easy to achieve in the studio. Together they assembled the players, which included her superb touring band, local musicians from the bayou, a soulful horn section from New York, and talented family members. The principle recording was done over an intense eight day period. The result is an album that is rawer and more personal than its predecessor.

Tracklist
1. At The Purchaser's Option
2. The Angels Laid Him Away
3. Julie
4. Birmingham Sunday
5. Better Get It Right The First Time
6. We Could Fly
7. Hey Bébé
8. Come Love Come
9. The Love We Almost Had
10. Baby Boy
11. Following The North Star
12. Freedom Highway feat. Bhi Bhiman

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Kid Bailey · 16 Jul 2006

She has become my favorite current performer. Great singer, great material, and a mean fiddle player to boot.

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

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[2017-02-24] Rhiannon Giddens "Freedom Highway" with guest Bhi Bhiman (Nonesuch)

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