"Last time Rhiannon Giddens was on the show in 2023, she talked about the importance of not just doing what you're good at, but making sure that you're going where you're needed," says Sheroes host Carmel Holt. "She has spent the last two decades doing just that, and she's carved her own path that both honors lineage and creates new ones for generations to come." You can hear their conversation, about Giddens's new album, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, and more, here.

Rhiannon Giddens was on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross to talk about her new album, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, and perform a few tunes live. "There's times I'm playing the banjo and I feel the ancestors," Giddens says. "I feel the spirits come through." She tells NPR's All Things Considered: "I think it's time for big emotions. That's the thing about folk music—it's always there for our big emotions. And I'm feeling that kind of more than ever these days." NPR's All Songs Considered host Stephen Thompson says of the new album: "I couldn't get enough of it ... What a gift.”