Freedom Highway (Rhiannon Giddens album)

Freedom Highway
Studio album by
Rhiannon Giddens
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)
GenreAmericana, Folk, Old-time
Length49:53
LabelNonesuch
ProducerDirk Powell
Rhiannon Giddens chronology
Tomorrow Is My Turn
(2015) 		Freedom Highway
(2017) 		There Is No Other
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.7/10[1]
Metacritic80/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Guardian[4]
The Independent[5]
The Irish Times[6]
Mojo[7]
The Observer[8]
Pitchfork7.6/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
The Times[11]
Uncut8/10[12]

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.[13] 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.

  1. ^ "Freedom Highway by Rhiannon Giddens reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Reviews for Freedom Highway by Rhiannon Giddens". Metacritic. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Freedom Highway – Rhiannon Giddens". AllMusic. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  4. ^ Denselow, Robin (February 23, 2017). "Rhiannon Giddens: Freedom Highway review – powerful and timely". The Guardian. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  5. ^ Gill, Andy (February 22, 2017). "Album reviews: Sleaford Mods – English Tapas, Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer, Thundercat – Drunk, and more". The Independent. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  6. ^ Breen, Joe (February 23, 2017). "Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway album review: Personal voice with a political edge". The Irish Times. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  7. ^ Nelson, Chris (February 23, 2017). "Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway". Mojo. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  8. ^ Spencer, Neil (February 19, 2017). "Rhiannon Giddens: Freedom Highway review – timely and arresting". The Observer. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  9. ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (February 23, 2017). "Rhiannon Giddens: Freedom Highway". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  10. ^ Hermes, Will (March 23, 2017). "The New Protest Singers". Rolling Stone: 49–50.
  11. ^ Hodgkinson, Will (February 24, 2017). "Pop: Rhiannon Giddens: Freedom Highway". The Times. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  12. ^ Deusner, Stephen (March 8, 2017). "Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway". Uncut. Archived from the original on March 11, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  13. ^ "First Listen: Rhiannon Giddens, 'Freedom Highway'". NPR.org. Retrieved 20 February 2017.