found: Carolina Chocolate Drops (Musical group). Dona got a ramblin' mind [SR] 2006:container (Rhiannon Giddens; b. 1977; banjo, fiddle, vocals)
found: Wikipedia.org, via WWW, 6 May 2015:(Rhiannon Giddens is an American musician. She is known as the lead singer, violinist, banjo player and a founding member of the Grammy-winning country, blues and old-time music Carolina Chocolate Drops. She is a native of Greensboro, North Carolina and a 2000 graduate of Oberlin Conservatory where she studied opera.)
found: familysearch.org, via WWW, 7 May 2015:(Rhiannon Giddens, born 21 February 1977, Guilford, North Carolina)
found: African American National Biography, accessed January 30, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Giddens, Rhiannon; opera singer, banjoist, fiddler; born 21 February 1977 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States; completed the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (1995-2000); professional debut with the Cleveland Opera, often sang the lead in Madama Butterfly; appeared in five operas, including Cosi fan Tutte and Romeo and Juliette; released a self-distributed solo album, Many Voices, incorporating influences from blues, country, and Gaelic music (2004); was part of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an exclusively African American string band in releasing its first album, Dona Got a Ramblin Mind (2006); the band released three more albums: Heritage, The Carolina Chocolate Drops & Joe Thompson, and Genuine Negro Jig (2008, 2009, 2010); honors include, Grammy award for Best Traditional Folk Album (2011))
found: Many voices, 2004:label (Rhiannon) insert (Rhiannon Giddens)
found: Build a house, 2022 :title page (Rhiannon Giddens) back dust jacket (Rhiannon Giddens is a musician, singer, songwriter. This is her picture book debut)
