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RHIANNON GIDDENS Style: Americana from an artist who honors its foundation.

Backstory: Rhiannon Giddens could have been an opera singer — not just because she possesses a gorgeous voice, but because she actually did train to become an opera singer. She went down a different, likely more fruitful path, befriending Dom Flemons and Justin Robinson and forming the Grammy-winning traditional folk group the Carolina Chocolate Drops. In early 2014, she was invited by roots producer T Bone Burnett to participate in the Bob Dylan-inspired New Basement Tapes project with Marcus Mumford, Jim James and Elvis Costello; a year later, she released her debut solo album, “Tomorrow Is My Turn,” produced by Burnett.

Why you should go: Giddens has taken some significant steps forward as a solo artist with her sophomore album “Freedom Highway,” released in February. Whereas “Tomorrow” consisted almost entirely of covers, “Freedom” features nine songs Giddens wrote or co-wrote, inspired by the trials and triumphs of African-Americans, from slavery through the Black Lives Matter movement. Three months after its release came the first of likely many major accolades, an album of the year nomination by the Americana Music Honors & Awards.

Time and place: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. 4th St.

Price: $29.50 at the door and in advance at the Riverside Theater box office (116 W. Wisconsin Ave.), the Pabst Theater box office (144 E. Wells St.), (414) 286-3663 and pabsttheater.org.