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00:00 I'm Rhiannon Giddens. Welcome to MyMusic. This is a new series where I get to share
00:05 with you some of the artists who are inspiring me the most these days.
00:09 Alison Russell is a longtime friend and colleague whose star is rising.
00:16 She's a talented instrumentalist with a beautiful voice and spirit. She's an
00:23 inspired songwriter whose lyrics are deeply personal but also universal.
00:29 This is my first attempt at songwriting.
00:31 Recy Palmer grew up with the dream of becoming a country music star at a time when the country music scene wasn't ready for someone who looked like her.
00:39 And I'm like a 17 year old black girl from St. Louis and they're like you wrote a song for Reba McEntire. I did.
00:55 Charlie Lowry whose tribal affiliation is Lumbee Tuscarora grew up in Robeson County, North Carolina.
01:01 We're very territorial, come from warriors.
01:09 She is a fantastic singer whose Native American roots and experiences inform her songwriting.
01:21 Adia Victoria was raised in a strict religious household near Tryon, North Carolina.
01:27 She kept a journal and bided her time until her discovery of blues music helped her find her identity as a songwriter and storyteller for the South today.
01:37 A massive magnolia tree. It was all I could see.
01:49 Joy Clark grew up steeped in the sounds of the church that her family went to and it was at that church that she first discovered the guitar.
01:57 I remember locking eyes on the guitar and it was something about it that I feel like I knew it was sexy before I knew what sexy meant. You know what I mean? Yeah.
02:07 And these are some of the musicians who have influenced me from childhood right up until today.
02:13 Justin Robinson, one of my colleagues from the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
02:19 My sister, Lelena Harrington.
02:23 And longtime friend, Laurel and Dawson.
02:27 Join me, my partner and collaborator, Francesco Teresi, and our friend, the wonderful bassist, Jason Seifer.
02:42 Songs and conversation on my music.
02:46 Well, I tried to tell my sweet Papa, but he didn't understand.
02:51 Well, I tried songs and conversation on my music, but he didn't understand.
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