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Dan DeLuca's Mix Picks: Rhiannon Giddens, Angaleena Presley and 'American Epic'

One formidable folk singer, one country standout, and a PBS documentary about the roots of American music. Plus, the Jesus & Mary Chain and Temples.

Rhiannon Giddens. The Carolina Chocolate Drops singer's Freedom Highway is her second impressive solo album to skillfully draw on roots music tradition. She turns an unflinching eye to America's racial history on "At the Purchaser's Option" and finds strength in civil rights-era songs such Pop Staples' inspirational title cut and Richard Fariña's "Birmingham Sunday." Sunday at World Cafe Live.