Rhiannon GiddensBest Rhiannon Giddens Albums Ranked

You're the One

pastemagazine

8.0

““If I lead, will you follow / I’ll take you way over yonder,” Rhiannon Giddens sings in “Way Over Yonder,” the penultimate song on her new record You’re the One. It’s a sweep of the arm into a space worth spending time in—but this, her clearest invitation, arrives right at the end of the record. She takes her time building up to this gesture, showing us first where she’s been. Giddens’s last solo”

You're the One

rollingstone

8.0

“On her new album 'You're The One' one of Americana music's most vital voices expands her sound without abandoning her roots.”

There Is No Other (with Francesco Turrisi) [Deluxe Edition]

pitchfork

7.6

“The singer and multi-instrumentalist joins jazz musician Francesco Turrisi for a thoughtful and ambitious album that spans opera, Appalachian bluegrass, gospel, and traditional Italian music.”

Freedom Highway

pitchfork

7.6

“Rhiannon Giddens emerges as a peerless and powerful voice in roots music on her second solo album, a record that traces the power of African-American song from 200 years ago to today.”

Tomorrow Is My Turn

rollingstone

7.0

“Over the past two years, Rhiannon Giddens has become one of the most promising voices in American roots music. The frontwoman for adventurous string-band trio the Carolina Chocolate Drops, she’s taken show-stealing turns on T Bone Burnett-helmed projects like last year’s New Basement Tapes, doing retooled Bob Dylan tunes alongside Marcus Mumford and Elvis Costello, and at the blockbuster 2013 New ”

You're the One

pitchfork

6.8

“On her first album of all original songs, the folk polyglot seeks livelier rhythms and vocal styles infused with jazz, country, and zydeco.”