# "St. James Infirmary Blues"

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2016
- Speaker: Silk Road Ensemble + Rhiannon Giddens
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design, Music
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/silk_road_ensemble_rhiannon_giddens_st_james_infirmary_blues)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Singer Rhiannon Giddens joins international music collective Silk Road Ensemble to perform "St. James Infirmary Blues," spiking the American folk song that Louis Armstrong popularized in the 1920s with Romani influence and mischievous energy.

## Lectures

1. ["St. James Infirmary Blues"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/silk_road_ensemble_rhiannon_giddens_st_james_infirmary_blues/4911ea4e053b), 9 min (TED's player)