Rhiannon Giddens There Is No Other

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Giddens' latest is a musical bridge-building project, with the 42 year-old North Carolinian singer merging her excellent banjo playing with Turrisi, who draws on polyglot North African, Middle Eastern and Italian traditions in his accompaniment."
"The mix of Appalachian banjo and Arabic percussion conjures a intoxicating rhythm on the instrumental title track."
Paste (magazine) - "The album is grounds for a smaller world, a beautiful narrative convincing us of our similarities, not our differences. The stories in these songs can act as hymns, folktales or dispatches from some lost time or place..."