InstructionRhiannon Giddens is a brilliant musician of mixed ethnic parentage, who founded the Grammy Award winning group, the Carolina Chocolate Drops. She was trained in opera, but chose to switch to bluegrass and folk music. The following are two performances that comment on slavery, as well as the origin of the banjo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzlVc4aumg4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVrTf5yOW5s Here is her address to the 2017 of the International Bluegrass Music Association in which she talks about the evolution of the banjo, bluegrass music, ethnic identities, and cultural fusion (creolization). - http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/rhiannon-giddens-keynote-address-ibma-conference-community-connection-2017-10-03