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Rhiannon Giddens recently sat down with The Bluegrass Situation to perform "Mal Hombre," singer/guitarist Lydia Mendoza's 1934 song. The performance, for the site's Sitch Sessions, took place in a flower-filled 1954 Silver Streak trailer in East Nashville. You can watch it here.

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Rhiannon Giddens recently sat down with The Bluegrass Situation to perform "Mal Hombre," a song by Mexican-American singer/guitarist Lydia Mendoza first recorded in 1934. The performance, for the site's Sitch Sessions, took place in a flower-filled 1954 Silver Streak trailer in East Nashville. You can watch it below.

Giddens performs in Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium this Saturday as part of the Tibet House Benefit Concert, with Philip Glass and Stephin Merritt, among others. She returns to that august stage on Sunday, March 11, for another multi-artist event, titled A Time Like This: Music for Change, part of Carnegie Hall's festival The ’60s: The Years that Changed America. She resumes her own headline tour in April. For details and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

To pick up a copy of Rhiannon Giddens' 2017 album Freedom Highway , head to iTunes, Amazon, and the Nonesuch Store, and listen on Spotify and Apple Music.

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  • Wednesday, February 28, 2018
    Watch: Rhiannon Giddens Performs "Mal Hombre" for The Bluegrass Situation
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    Rhiannon Giddens recently sat down with The Bluegrass Situation to perform "Mal Hombre," a song by Mexican-American singer/guitarist Lydia Mendoza first recorded in 1934. The performance, for the site's Sitch Sessions, took place in a flower-filled 1954 Silver Streak trailer in East Nashville. You can watch it below.

    Giddens performs in Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium this Saturday as part of the Tibet House Benefit Concert, with Philip Glass and Stephin Merritt, among others. She returns to that august stage on Sunday, March 11, for another multi-artist event, titled A Time Like This: Music for Change, part of Carnegie Hall's festival The ’60s: The Years that Changed America. She resumes her own headline tour in April. For details and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

    To pick up a copy of Rhiannon Giddens' 2017 album Freedom Highway , head to iTunes, Amazon, and the Nonesuch Store, and listen on Spotify and Apple Music.

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