Singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens has dedicated much of her career to exploring folk and roots ...

Giddens, who once described old-time music as “dance music” and ... known as The Old Plantation shows an early gourd banjo player on a romanticized South Carolina plantation.

The 41-year-old musician, who primarily plays guitar and banjo, teaches lessons online and fosters a digital community of banjo players called ... he "had too much time on (his) hands." ...