The Greensboro-raised singer-songwriter and brilliant banjo player of Carolina Chocolate Drops and Our Native Daughters returns with her first solo album for six years, for the first time mostly originals, continuing her focus on black culture reclamation of catchy, soulful country and Americana. With a her rich heritage of European-American father and her mother, descendant of African Americans and Native American tribes including the Lumbee, Occaneechi, and Seminole, the classically trained Giddens is drawn towards a variety of genres – folk, country, blues, and jazz, but this album feels strongest when country and bluegrass comes to the fore, such as Yet to Be, the love story between a Black woman and an Irish man, almost a jig and featuring a nicely blended vocal duet with guest Jason Isbell, as well as You Louisiana Man, and Way Over Yonder. Spanning many other genres, other standouts include the title track, the country number You Don’t Know How Sweet It Is, the bluesy groove of Hen In The Foxhouse which has echoes of Bonnie Raitt, and the jazzy swagger of You Put the Sugar in My Bowl and the Who Are You Dreaming Of. Out on Nonesuch Records.
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