GRAMMY® Award-winning musician, MacArthur recipient, and Pulitzer Prize-winner, Rhiannon Giddens returns. Don’t miss her exclusive one-night-only Nashville engagement with Silkroad Ensemble.
Silkroad’s newest initiative, American Railroad, illuminates the impact that the African American, Chinese, Indigenous, Irish, and other immigrant communities had on the creation of the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad and connecting railways in North America. Exploring the dissemination of cultures across the United States, the railroad was to North America what the Silk Road was to China, the Far East, and Europe.
Presented without the Nashville Symphony.
Program
ABOUT THE VISUALS
The video that runs during this performance was designed by visual artist Camilla Tassi. In it you will see a collection of real historical photos from the cultures and communities the show explores. For Pura Fé’s pieces in particular, Pura Fé contributed personal family photos aimed at reminding audiences of Native peoples’ important continued cultural presence in America.
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