Allison Russell’s highly anticipated Celtic Connections show exceeded all expectations – supported by her powerhouse Rainbow Coalition, it was an unforgettable evening of first-rate music and songs inspiring resilience and hope.
Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, activist and multi-instrumentalist Allison Russell shares a video for her irresistible new single ‘Snakelife’; …a conjuring; a summoning; a spell; an invocation of the Afro-Future-Rainbow-Coalition-Transformative.
Allison Russell announces her new album ‘The Returner’, featuring her “Rainbow Coalition” band of all-female musicians and described as a fierce declaration of joy for all survivors that have made it to the other side. Watch her new title track visualiser video.
Bryan Bolea catches Allison Russell and her band, featuring Sistastrings (Chauntee Ross and Monique Ross), Larissa Maestro and Mandy Fer at the Listening Room in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Poet, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist Allison Russell (Our Native Daughters, Birds of Chicago), shares new single ‘Persephone’, taken from her first-ever solo project, the highly anticipated Outside Child.
Songs of Our Native Daughters is a cultural landmark both for these extraordinary musicians and hopefully for others inspired by them, as well as those of us fortunate enough to hear their work.
In celebration of Black History Month, Smithsonian Folkways have released “Black Myself,” the latest single from Songs of Our Native Daughters. Written and performed by Amythyst Kiah, joined by Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell.
Songs of our Native Daughters is a new release on Smithsonian Folkways in their African American Legacy series featuring Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops), Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell (Birds of Chicago), and Amythyst Kiah.
We head off-piste with London’s Green Note Café for a spectacular night billed as a Songwriters circle featuring Nels Andrews, Peter Mulvey, Allison Russell…as well as Brandon Seabrook and J.T. Nero. It was a truly magical night! Read our live review.
