Scrolling through the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize , one name should stand out for banjo nerds like us: Rhiannon Giddens . The former Carolina Chocolate Drops member and renowned solo artist was awarded the Pulitzer for Omar , an opera about enslaved people brought to North America from Muslim countries. Of course, Giddens is no stranger to awards. She has won two Grammy Awards as both a member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and as a solo artist. She received the MacArthur Fellowship in 2017. She won the Steve Martin Banjo Prize in 2016. She has also won two International Folk Music Awards, three Living Blues Awards and several others, plus she's been inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame, and she has been nominated for countless other accolades. On the heels of the Pulitzer Prize news, Giddens also announced a new solo album . Giddens collaborated with composer Michael Abels on Omar , which premiered on May 27, 2022, at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charl
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