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.

"St. James Infirmary Blues" | Silk Road Ensemble + Rhiannon Giddens

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