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My Music with Rhiannon Giddens
Niwel Tsumbu
Season 3
Episode 5
Niwel Tsumbu is a guitarist and singer who grew up in Kinshasa with the traditional Soukous music of the Congo. He studied classical guitar at a prestigious music school in Central Africa before moving to Ireland, where he married and is raising his family. Rhiannon visits Niwel at his and his wife’s family farm near Kinsale in County Cork.
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Rhiannon joins Karan Casey and Niall Vallely at the Triskel Arts Centre in Cork City.
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Rhiannon joins Irish piper and flutist Emer Mayock in Castlebar, County Mayo.
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Irish banjo master Enda Scahill is featured with step dancer Stephanie Keane.
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Rhiannon visits with Loah at Connolly's of Leap, a 500-year-old pub in West Cork.
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Rhiannon visits with Róisín Elsafty in the Gothic Church at Kylemore Abbey in Connemara.
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Native American vocalist and lap steel guitarist Pura Fé is Rhiannon’s guest artist.
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Rhiannon and Japanese percussionist Haruka Fujii perform and chat.
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Rhiannon Giddens and tabla master Sandeep Das share a visit in L.A.’s Union Station.
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Violinist Mazz Swift shares songs and anecdotes with host Rhiannon Giddens.
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Celtic harpist Maeve Gilchrist performs and visits with host Rhiannon Giddens.
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Rhiannon’s guest artist is Wu Man, master of the pipa or “Chinese banjo.”
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Rhiannon performs and talks with her partner and musical collaborator, Francesco Turrisi.