Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSinger-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens, accompanied virtually by virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma, has released a new song called “Build a House” in honor of Juneteenth.“This song, ‘Build a House,’ came knocking a week ago and I had to let it in,” Giddens wrote in a Twitter message accompanying the nearly five-minute-long song, which features split video of her performing it with Ma. “What can I say about what’s been happening, what has happened, & what continues to happen, in this country, in the world?
There’s too many words & none, all at once. So I let the music speak, as usual.“What a thing to mark this 155th anniversary of Juneteenth with that beautiful soul, @YoYo_Ma,” she wrote in a follow-up Tweet. “Honored to.
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