Rhiannon Giddens & The Old-Time Revue is Giddens’ much-anticipated return to her North Carolina roots and the old-time music tradition that launched her career. 2x GRAMMY, MacArthur “Genius”, and Pulitzer Prize winner Giddens has pulled together a remarkable band that represents an incredible array of talent and American musical traditions to celebrate her new album What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow, a fiddle-and-banjo record made in collaboration with Justin Robinson. Joining them on stage will be celebrated multi-instrumentalist Dirk Powell, bassist Jason Sypher, guitarist Amelia Powell, and bones player and rapper Demeanor. 

What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow features a mix of North Carolinian instrumentals and traditional songs. Thompson was one of the last musicians of his era and his community to carry on the southern Black string band tradition. Rhiannon Giddens & The Old-Time Revue pay homage to that legacy and shepard it into a new era. 

Giddens’ new album, What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow is out April 2025. 

Rhiannon Giddens has pledged to donate $1 per ticket to a charitable cause of her choice.