{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Singer Rhiannon Giddens becomes new artistic director of Yo-Yo Ma's Silkroad Ensemble","publication_date":"August 02, 2022","summary":"Rhiannon Giddens has been on her first tour this summer as artistic director of Silkroad Ensemble, which was founded in 1998 by famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who joined her on stage at the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts last week. Jeffrey Brown recently spent a day with Giddens and her cross-cultural group to see how they aim to make a positive impact across borders through music.","author_name":"By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2022\/08\/3138a4bb20889f8020ad3fa6421510c0-silkroad-1024x576.jpg","thumbnail_height":576,"thumbnail_width":1024}