- folk, blues, americana, bluegrass
- 50 min
- 12 tracks
- Nonesuch
Freedom Highway is the second solo studio album of Folk/Americana musician and Carolina Chocolate Drops front woman Rhiannon Giddens. It was released via Nonesuch Records on February 24, 2017. Freedom Highway was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2017 Americana Music Honors & Awards. The title track "Freedom Highway" is a 1965 civil rights protest song written by Roebuck Staples and title track of The Staple Singers' album of the same name.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and character-led.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- 1At the Purchaser’s Option4:16
- 2The Angels Laid Him Away2:33
- 3Julie4:29
- 4Birmingham Sunday6:15
- 5Better Get It Right the First Time3:25
- 6We Could Fly4:53
- 7Hey Bébé3:19
- 8Come Love Come5:20
- 9The Love We Almost Had4:19
- 10Baby Boy4:29
- 11Following the North Star1:56
- 12Freedom Highway4:47
12 tracks, 50 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Rhiannon Giddens
- Label
- Nonesuch
- Released
- 2017
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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