Interesing to come across this thread. I have just come from an amazing concert by Rhiannon Giddens and her musical partner Dom Flemmons. Rhiannon is at the forefront of the Black Banjo
movement and was one of the first organizers of the Black Banjo Gathering
. She is an amazing, multitalented young woman, as at home picking the banjo or playing the fiddle, as she is starring in a lavish opera production, singing an Appalachian ballad, or belting out a blues number. Oh and here's a link to her band Sankofa Strings . And here's an article that appeared back in May in the Richmond Times Dispatch about Rhiannon