Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi

Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi recently completed their first tour of Australia together, although it turned out to be an abbreviated visit due to the cancellation of their appearance at the Blue Mountains Folk Festival. However, they did appear at Womadelaide and the Port Fairy Folk Festival to great acclaim and we saw them give a final brilliant show at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Saturday March 14. The day prior to this they spoke to Brian Wise and played several songs from their acclaimed album There Is No Other, released in 2019. (The song 'I'm On My Way' was nominated for a Grammy and, in September 2019, Giddens received the Legacy of Americana Award at the Americana Honors & Awards in Nashville).