Rhiannon Giddens has performed for the Obamas at the White House and acted in two seasons of the hit television series Nashville. A MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient, Giddens was Grammy-nominated for her acclaimed solo album Tomorrow Is My Turn and her T Bone Burnett–produced EP Factory Girl. Her work with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, a group she co-founded, received a Grammy Award in 2010. In 2019, Giddens contributed to and co-produced the album Songs of Our Native Daughters, which tells stories of historic black womanhood and survival, and collaborated with multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi on the album There is no Other, later nominated for a Grammy.