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“Ace” is sultry and saunters as it reveals the guys and gal have a new card up their sleeve. On Paging Mr. Proust The Jayhawks are still making fine music good for any type of day. We thought we recognized the face staring back at us on our Facebook newsfeed. It was Rhiannon Giddens who has re- cently come to the national fore- front thanks to her role of Hallie on the critically-acclaimed fifth season of the music industry soap Nashville now on CMT. Rhi- annon herself is a real-life resi- dent of Music City and while she hasn’t yet spread her musical wings on the show, her own ca- reer in the biz is taking off. Gid- dens previously won accolades as a member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and she made her solo debut with Tomorrow Is My Turn, one of 2015’s most highly praised albums. For her second release Freedom High- way, she takes another turn and a strong role in the songwriting on raw and real tracks. Remark- Watch a video for “Come Love Come” by Rhiannon Giddens NJ STAGE 2017 - Vol. 4 No. 4 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 44