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Grammy winner Rhiannon Giddens redefines what folk means

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Grammy winner Rhiannon Giddens redefines what folk means

• By Parke Puterbaugh
• Aug 28, 2015
• Aug 28, 2015
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Rhiannon Giddens is scheduled to perform four times this weekend during the National Folk Festival in downtown Greensboro.

• Scott Muthersbaugh/Special to the News & Record

Rhiannon Giddens and Lauralyn Dossett will perform at Songs of Hope and Justice, A Fabric of Freedom Concert, during the National Folk Festival.

• Scott Muthersbaugh/Perfecta

Rhiannon Giddens and Lauralyn Dossett will perform at Songs of Hope and Justice, A Fabric of Freedom Concert, during the National Folk Festival.

• Scott Muthersbaugh/Perfecta

Rhiannon Giddens and Lauralyn Dossett will perform at Songs of Hope and Justice, A Fabric of Freedom Concert, during the National Folk Festival.

• Scott Muthersbaugh/Perfecta

Dossett will perform at Songs of Hope and Justice, A Fabric of Freedom Concert, during the National Folk Festival.

• Scott Muthersbaugh

Rhiannon Giddens will perform at the National Folk Festival.

• Scott Muthersbaugh/Perfecta

Lauralyn Dossett will perform at Songs of Hope and Justice, A Fabric of Freedom Concert, during the National Folk Festival.

• Scott Muthersbaugh/Perfecta

Rhiannon Giddens will perform at Songs of Hope and Justice, A Fabric of Freedom Concert, during the National Folk Festival.

• Scott Muthersbaugh/Perfecta

Lauralyn Dossett will perform at Songs of Hope and Justice, A Fabric of Freedom Concert, during the National Folk Festival.

• Scott Muthersbaugh/Perfecta

Lauralyn Dossett will perform at Songs of Hope and Justice, A Fabric of Freedom Concert, during the National Folk Festival.

• Scott Muthersbaugh/Perfecta

Rhiannon Giddens and Lauralyn Dossett will perform at Songs of Hope and Justice, A Fabric of Freedom Concert, during the National Folk Festival.

• Scott Muthersbaugh/Perfecta

Rhiannon Giddens will perform at Songs of Hope and Justice, A Fabric of Freedom Concert, during the National Folk Festival.

• Scott Muthersbaugh/Perfecta

Rhiannon Giddens will perform at Songs of Hope and Justice, A Fabric of Freedom Concert, during the National Folk Festival.

• Scott Muthersbaugh/Perfecta

Rhiannon Giddens

• Scott Muthersbaugh Special to the News & Record

Rhiannon Giddens will perform at the National Folk Festival.

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Back in 2005, three young African-American musicians began making weekly pilgrimages to Joe Thompson’s home in Mebane, N.C. They had developed an interest in old-time black string-band music, and Thompson, then in his 80s, was among the last of a dying breed who still played these “negro jigs.”

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What: National Folk Festival pre-concert: Songs of Hope and Justice, A Fabric of Freedom Concert

When: 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10

Where: The Railyard at South End, 120 Barnhardt St.

Featuring: Rhiannon Giddens; Laurelyn Dossett; Alice

Gerrard, an 81-year-old folk icon; Django Haskins of Durham; Molly McGinn; and others.

Cost: Free

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