Rhiannon Giddens: Full Interview & Performance of New Song, "Wish In Vain"

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Full interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning, two-time Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens. Her new album, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, has just been released. She recently came into the Democracy Now! studio to talk about her work and perform her song “Wish in Vain” with Dirk Powell.

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