At the Newport Folk Festival this year, Rhiannon Giddens joins Paul Simon to sing his signature song, "American Tune." Giddens sings a new version of the last verse about the Mayflower and completely transforms the song into a more deeply American tune.
Rhiannon Giddens has recorded in many genres of music. One of her interests is old-time American folk music. Here she performs an old-time folk music number by Libba Cotton. Cotton was a self-taught guitarist whose music was eventually recorded by Mike Seeger for Folkways Records (Cotton was working as a domestic for the Seeger family when they discovered her musical talent).
Here is Riannon Giddens along with the Resistance Revival Chorus in a lively rendition of Woody Guthrie's "All You Fascists Bound to Lose." And it is bound to lift you spirits on this Election Day.
