{"product_id":"rhiannon-giddens-hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers-vinyl","title":"Rhiannon Giddens - Hope Is the Thing with Feathers (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4KuqXh8CBXI?controls=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e100% Recycled Black Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vinyl edition of \u003cem\u003eHope Is the Thing with Feathers\u003c\/em\u003e is a single black LP, and Nonesuch specifies that it is pressed from 100% recycled vinyl and is carbon neutral. Its jacket carries the album's cover, a six-by-six-foot patchwork quilt made by textile artist Uzoma Samuel Anyanwu from a photograph of Giddens by Ebru Yildiz, with design by Barbara de Wilde.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiddens sings lead and plays minstrel banjo and fiddle at the head of a band drawn from across her career: longtime bassist Jason Sypher, Francesco Turrisi on accordion and percussion, Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu, Dirk Powell on multiple instruments, her first bandmate and fellow North Carolinian Justin Robinson on vocals and fiddle, Amelia Powell on acoustic guitar and vocals, Charly Lowry on vocals and percussion, her nephew Justin Harrington on bones, and her sister Lalenja Harrington. Brady Blade and Bill Smith are also credited on the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour of the ten songs are originals written by Giddens and Dirk Powell, among them the lead single \"Carolina Rain,\" which Nonesuch's announcement describes as a song about love and money. The rest of the program reaches back to Ola Belle Reed's \"High on a Mountain,\" Pura Fé's \"Going Home,\" and the traditional \"Cluck Old Hen\" and \"Walk with Me.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiddens wrote the libretto for \u003cem\u003eOmar\u003c\/em\u003e, an opera based on the life and autobiography of Omar Ibn Said, a Muslim scholar enslaved and brought to Charleston in 1807; she and composer Michael Abels shared the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Music for it. She is also a MacArthur Fellow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAngel Fire Rise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHope Is the Thing with Feathers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStep Away Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWish in Vain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarolina Rain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh on a Mountain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFreight Train\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWalk with Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCluck Old Hen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoing Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 075597891935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nonesuch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.18.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nonesuch","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":48285122363550,"sku":"EVP-7CF7AD24-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/RHIANNON_GIDDENS_Hope_Is_the_Thing_with_Feathers_LP_mockup_ECO_BLACK.jpg?v=1789581289","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/rhiannon-giddens-hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers-vinyl","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}