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Listen: Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi Announce Debut Album

North Carolina banjo phenom Rhiannon Giddens and Italian composer and percussionist Francesco Turrisi are the pair behind the music of Lucy Negro Redux. That’ll be them on stage left. Just in time for their Big Ears 2019 duo set, too, they’ve announced their debut album, there is no Other, due on Nonesuch Records May 3. Hear the magnetic “I’m On My Way” now.


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