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First Listen: Rhiannon Giddens, 'There Is No Other'

Rhiannon Giddens' new album with Francesco Turrisi, There is No Other, comes out May 3. Karen Cox/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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April 25, 2019 • Giddens links folk instruments and traditions of the African-American diaspora with those of Francesco Turrisi, a pianist and master of the frame drum.

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