Rhiannon Giddens has announced a European tour for this autumn, starting at De Oosterpoort in Groningen, the Netherlands, on September 22. The first leg of the tour continues with stops in Antwerp, Utrecht, Paris, Luxembourg, Manchester, and Dublin, culminating in Belfast on October 3. Giddens is then the focus of a Reflektor series at Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, performing in and curating several events at the hall, November 25–29. The tour concludes with three shows December 6-8 in London, Edinburgh, and Gateshead. See below for details, or visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

Rhiannon Giddens reunited with her former Carolina Chocolate Drops bandmate Justin Robinson on her latest album, the 2025 Grammy-nominated album What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow. Produced by Giddens and Joseph "joebass" DeJarnette, the album features Giddens on banjo and Robinson on fiddle, playing eighteen of their favorite North Carolina tunes. Many were learned from their late mentor, legendary North Carolina Piedmont musician Joe Thompson; one is from another musical hero, the late Etta Baker. Giddens and Robinson recorded outdoors at Thompson’s and Baker’s North Carolina homes, as well as the former plantation Mill Prong House, accompanied by the sounds of nature, including two different broods of cicadas, which had not emerged simultaneously since 1803, creating a true once-in-a-lifetime soundscape. You can get the album and hear it here.

RHIANNON GIDDENS EUROPEAN TOUR