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'A Chance Of A Great Spiritual Awakening': Rhiannon Giddens Talks With Lara Downes

Eavesdrop on the forward-thinking pianist as she talks with musical omnivore Rhiannon Giddens, who's has just taken over Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road organization.
<em>Amplify with Lara Downes</em>: with guest Rhiannon Giddens

In the 1920s, a renaissance happened in Harlem. Black artists migrated north, rejecting centuries of a tragic status quo. They inspired each other to make art that expressed an audacious new vision of Black beauty, Black hope, Black truth and Black pride.

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