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Ben Harper and Rhiannon Giddens have released an acoustic cover of Nick Drake’s “Black Eyed Dog.” Featuring Giddens on banjo and Harper on lap steel, the recording is the first-ever collaboration between the two roots performers. “Rhiannon and I are both black purveyors of American roots music, and while this …

Rhiannon Giddens is showing up in a variety of places as 2018 gets into gear, including on the TV show Nashville, where the Music City drama is speeding toward the series finale. Giddens, who won a MacArthur Fellowship in 2017, will spend a sizable portion of the year on stages …