Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Music

Album of the Week: 'You're the One' by Rhiannon Giddens

The album art for Rhiannon Giddens' "You're the One" album. Giddens looks into the camera with blue feathers in the bottom left corner.
Contributed
/
Rhiannon Giddens / Bandcamp
"You're the One" by Rhiannon Giddens released on Aug. 18, 2023.

"You're the One" by Rhiannon Giddens is KAXE's Album of the Week for Aug. 25-31, 2023.

You're the One is Rhiannon Giddens' first solo album in six years and her first of all original songs.

With the focus on her songwriting, Giddens addresses failed relationships, finding love, and social injustice.

The centerpiece of the album is a duet with Jason Isbell, "Yet to Be." The song tells the story of a young Black woman who runs away from home and falls in love with an Irish immigrant.

Her skill with storytelling is no surprise. The new album follows a May Pulitzer prize win for Omar, an opera she co-wrote with Michael Abels.

Check out our Album of the Week from Rhiannon Giddens.

Previous Albums of the Week

Stay Connected
Malachy started his radio career at a college radio station, where he played weird music in the middle of the night to possibly no one. On a good night maybe his parents were listening. Nonetheless, he was hooked on public radio and is still doing it today. He joined Northern Community Radio in 2022, where he gets to share his passion for local music as Producer of Centerstage Minnesota, an all Minnesota music show airing Fridays at 2pm.