That's the alchemy of music -- you write these things that are personal to you, but once you release them into the world, they take on their own life depending on the listener and the listener's experience.

Allison Russell

Allison Russell is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet, and activist Prior to her solo music career, Russell performed as a member of the music groups Po' Girl, Birds of Chicago, and Our Native Daughters. She released her first solo album, Outside Child, in 2021. The album was nominated for a Grammy award in the Best Americana Album category, and a single from the album, Nightflyer was nominated for Best American Roots Performance (Russell) and Best American Roots Song (Allison Russell and Jeremy Lindsay, co-writers).For her album Outside Child, Russell has been nominated for four Canadian Folk Music Awards, and has been named to the long list for the Polaris Music Prize.

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