Beyoncé's "Texas Hold 'Em" features African-rooted banjo played by Pulitzer Prize-winning Black musician Rhiannon Giddens.
Beyoncé's new hit song, "Texas Hold 'Em," from her album Cowboy Carter, features the banjo, an instrument with African roots. The banjoist on Beyoncé's album is Rhiannon Giddens, a Black American musician and Pulitzer Prize winner. Giddens is part of a group of musicians and musicologists investigating the African origins of the banjo and its important place in Black music history.
April 05, 2024
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