Giddens, a North Carolina native, has built a career that highlights not only her own talents but also the untold stories of others, often using music to explore the African American experience. Her work has spanned from intimate collaborations to grand performances on the world stage, earning her widespread acclaim and numerous accolades, including a Pulitzer Prize.
Originally a 1961 chart-topper by Del Shannon, “Runaway” is a song built on teen anxiety and pop sheen. Raitt doesn’t just cover it—she reclaims it. Her interpretation tears into the emotional undercurrent of the lyrics with a slow-burning growl and a swampy slide guitar that turns longing into lament
In 1964, just four months before his sudden death in Berlin at the age of 36, Eric Dolphy recorded Out to Lunch!—an album that continues to rattle the walls of jazz orthodoxy. Released by Blue Note Records, it is the only album Dolphy made for the label, but it stands as one of the most important and uncompromising statements of the avant-garde jazz movement.