# Rhiannon Giddens: 3 songs that bring history to life

Rhiannon Giddens pours the emotional weight of American history into her music. Listen as she performs two traditional folk ballads, "Waterboy" and "Up Above My Head," and one glorious original song, "Come Love Come," inspired by Civil War-era slave narratives.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2016
- Runtime: 14 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, History, Music
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/RhiannonGiddens_2016)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/RhiannonGiddens_2016?play=1)