About This Song
About "Gonna Write Me a Letter (with Francesco Turrisi)" by Rhiannon Giddens
A raw, blues-tinged declaration with Turrisi's minimalist accompaniment, this track finds Giddens penning a letter to an absent other. The mood is restless, a foot tapping against a quiet room's walls. The emotional pull is in the unsaid—a letter as much a confrontation as a plea.