(Photo Credit: Sharon Alagna)
In honor of her fervent support for this years: Black Friday Record Store Day, folk-singer/songwriter, Rhiannon Giddens will drop new EP, aptly titled: Factory Girl on November 27. Brought to you by Nonesuch, the record serves as a delightful follow-up on the heels of her critically acclaimed solo debut, Tomorrow Is My Turn.
Having first made a relatively large splash as the lead-singer and multi-instrumentalist for the Grammy-award-winning, country-blues outfit, Carolina Chocolate Drops, this Greensboro native began trekking out on her own terms, creatively in 2013. Widely hailed as the greatest-performance at what also garnered a stunning reputation as the: “concert of the year,” Rhiannon Giddens lent her given talents to: “Another Day, Another Time.” This was concert inspired by the Coen Brothers film, Inside Llewyn Davis.
While culled from the very same sessions that born, Tomorrow Is My Turn, Giddens sought the masterful-guidance of legendary producer, T Bone Burnett to apply his seasoned “eyes” and most notably, “ears” toward her soulful music. Assembled by Burnett himself, a multi-generational section of players rounds-out the titular album and EP. Factory Girl issues the likes of: percussionist Jack Ashford from Motown’s infamous Funk Brothers; veteran Nashville session bassist, Dennis Crouch; Gabe Witcher on the fiddle; guitarist Colin Linden tickling the strings as only he can; Jay Bellerose hammering-it on the drums, and an entire slew of other gifted players fleshing-out some superb noise via record.
Giddens will continue touring in support of her latest album and EP on November 6 with Carolina Chocolate Drops in her corner.
Factory Girl
01. That Lonesome Road
02. Mouth Music
03. Moonshiner’s Daughter
04. Underneath the Harlem Moon
05. Factory Girl
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