{"product_id":"rhiannon-giddens-justin-robinson-what-did-the-blackbird-say-to-the-crow-cd","title":"Rhiannon Giddens \u0026 Justin Robinson – What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow (CD)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson first came up together in the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the groundbreaking string band that did as much as any group in recent memory to restore Black string band tradition to its rightful place in American roots music. This album finds them returning to the source, honoring the late Joe Thompson, the North Carolina Piedmont fiddler who taught them both and whose music represents a direct, living link to pre-blues African American vernacular tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJustin Robinson and Rhiannon Giddens are two of the few\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epeople from the Black community caretaking Joe Thompson’s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efamily tradition of fiddle and banjo music. For both, their Black\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebanjo bodylands are primarily rooted in the North Carolina\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiedmont, where Joe mentored them. The term “Black banjo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebodylands” describes the deep connection between banjos,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eland, and the Black musicians who breathe life into them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntimate engagements with place, nature, and community\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003earound this musical practice are essential to the tradition’s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtinuation. These bodylands constitute not just the individual\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eplayer but the traditions, knowledge, and spirit handed down\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom their musical ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow, Rhiannon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiddens and Justin Robinson simply chose to bring the places\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand people—even the season—with them. Heralded by the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecawing of American crows, shot through with the round\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrumming of periodical cicadas, these recordings represent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe music exactly as it is: a particularly engaging piece of a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eparticular place’s rich sonic ecosystem. Giddens and Robinson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eemphasize place, communication and collaboration in these\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esound offerings from the North Carolina Piedmont homes of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe Thompson and Etta Baker and the historic Mill Prong\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHouse. This record is not about flashy arrangements, or\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edisplays of virtuosity for its own sake. It’s about the relaxed,understated flow that arises at the junction of long friendship, a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esense of belonging, and monstrous technical proficiency. 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