![]() ![]() ![]() “One of the most exciting voices in roots music. “Singing a blend of elegant torch songs, ancestral ballads (in French and English), gentle country shuffles, and Al-Green inspired R&B, Russell embarks on a fresh musical beginning by dealing directly with her traumatic upbringing…Despite its heavy inspirations, ‘Outside Child’ is anything but despairing or academic.” – Rolling Stone “Musical memoirs don’t come any braver, or any better than this album-of-the-year contender…Can an album be a trip through hell and also something you put on again and again for pleasure? ‘Outside Child’ walks that line, with its harrowing truths and ultimately joyful noise.” -Variety It’s an album of strength and affirmation, not victimization. Throughout the album, she sings about deliverance and redemption, about the places and people and realizations that helped her survive and claim her freedom. “The singer and songwriter’s debut solo album, ‘Outside Child,’ tells a harrowing story with a survivor’s joy. She’ll be discussing the powerful stories behind the songs on Outside Child and sharing live performances as well. Earlier this week Allison Russell appeared on NPR’s World Cafe, and she will be next week’s featured guest on Acoustic Café, an internationally syndicated radio show airing on over 110 stations. Allison Russell has been nominated for 2 Americana Awards this year and put on the Polaris Prize long list. Following the release of Outside Child, she performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, made her Opry debut and appeared at the Country Music Hall of Fame. It’s an album of strength and affirmation, not victimization,” said The New York Times in their profile on Russell. In the critically acclaimed Outside Child (produced by Dan Knobler ), the poet, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist and co-founder of Our Native Daughters and Birds of Chicago, unpacks her youth in searing detail throughout the album. On September 25th Russell will appear on the legendary Farm Aid joining the line-up including Neil Young, Willie Nelson & John Mellencamp. #NATHANIEL RATELIFF BELLEAYRE FULL#Throughout the summer and fall she will also open dates for Nathaniel Rateliff & Marcus King Band, Margo Price and Jason Isbell as well as a full run of dates with Lake Street Dive. Michael Eric Dyson, and historian Jon Meachem.Īllison also hits new peaks this week with #2 on the Americana Albums chart and #6 on the Americana Singles chart.įollowing Newport Folk, Allison Russell will kick off her own tour on July 29th at the Narrow’s Center for the Arts in Fall River, MA. Other speakers/performers at that event included civil rights activists and freedom riders, Vice President CrowellAl Gore, Grammy winners Darius Rucker and Rodney, professor Dr. She sang “Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing” to kickoff the celebratory march and then during the program at the Ryman Auditorium, was joined by Daisha McBride and The McCrary Sisters for an inspired rendition of Common & John Legend’s “Glory” with musical direction from T Bone Burnett. This past weekend, Russell was part of Nashville’s dedication of Rep. She will follow with her own set of songs from Outside Child on Tuesday, July 27th at the festival. The Sunday night closer will bring together Russell’s contemporaries and legends alike in a historical set. ![]() Feet deep in the Good Earth, Hands swaying the Galaxies, Equal under the Listening Sky… Allison has chosen these artists because their vision, presence and oeuvre is a fulfillment and expansion of the promise of the foundational Folk mother, Odetta, and the anti-bigotry origin (and Herstory) of Newport Folk Festival. In the set, she will bring together BIPOC/LGBTQIA+/Ally visionaries for a landmark collaboration with a mission of placing Black Womxn and active Allies at the center of the most prominent headlining set at Newport Folk Festival. The following day, on Sunday, July 25th she will also serve as the weekend closing curator at the 63rd annual Newport Folk Festival for Allison Russell Presents: Once and Future Sounds: Roots and Revolution. This weekend Allison Russell will appear on CBS This Morning Saturday, performing songs from her critically acclaimed new album Outside Child. CURATES HEADLINING SET THIS WEEKEND AT NEWPORT FOLKĪDDED TO FARM AID + NEW TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED ![]()
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