Songs that bring history to life

Title:: Songs that bring history to life
Speaker:: Rhiannon Giddens
Description:: Rhiannon Giddens pours the emotional weight of American history into her music. Listen as she performs traditional folk ballads -- including "Waterboy," "Up Above My Head," and "Lonesome Road" by Sister Rosetta Tharp -- and one glorious original song, "Come Love Come," inspired by Civil War-era slave narratives.

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Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TEDTalks
Duration:: 14:45

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