Rhiannon Giddens announces Vicar Street gig

Folk musician Rhiannon Giddens has announced a show in Dublin's Vicar Street, set for September 30.

Hailing from Greensboro, North Carolina and now living in Limerick, Giddens' work centres around the mission of lifting up people whose contributions to American musical history have previously been overlooked or erased, and advocating for an understanding of the country's music origins through art.

She has released three albums under her own name and two in collaboration with Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, all on Nonesuch Records. American Railroad, her first album in collaboration with musical collective the Silkroad Ensemble, was released in November 2024, and her most recent album, a collaboration with former Carolina Chocolate Drops bandmate Justin Robinson, What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow, released in April 2025.

In 2024, Giddens featured on Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter, playing banjo and viola on TEXAS HOLD 'EM, which made it to the top of the charts of Billboard's Hot Country Songs debuting at #1.

She was a founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, where she was the lead singer, and played fiddle and banjo. As of 2013, Giddens became the only remaining original member, pushing her to pursue further into a solo career.

Tickets start from €40.15, and are on sale this Friday at 10am through Ticketmaster.