Rhiannon Giddens Instagram – February 9
Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams // @msalicerandall @caroranwill
Author, lyricist, historian, and all around incredible brain Alice Randall is the first black woman to have penned a number one country hit -“XXXs and OOOs (An American Girl)”, sung by Trisha Yearwood in 1994 and also by Matraca Berg- and has been ringing the bell for the true history of country music for years. She’s just released My Black Country, a memoir of her years in Nashville – check it outtttt.
And it looks like the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree; Alice’s daughter Caroline is an incredible writer, poet, and educator – a lot of folks got hipped to her when she published a stunning Op-Ed in the New York Times entitled “You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument.” She also wrote the beautiful poem collection Lucy Negro, Redux, which was turned into the ballet that Francesco and I wrote the music for. A lot of talent in one family!
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