Allison Russell
Allison Russell is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, actress and activist.
Prior to her solo music career, Russell performed as a member of various music groups including Po' Girl, Birds of Chicago, Our Native Daughters, and Sisters of the Strawberry Moon. She released her first solo album, Outside Child, in 2021. The album was nominated for a 2022 Grammy Award in the Best Americana Album category, and the single "Nightflyer" was nominated for both the Best American Roots Performance (Russell) and Best American Roots Song (Russell and Jeremy Lindsay, co-writers).
Her second album, The Returner was released in September 2023. The album received four Grammy Award nominations including Best Americana Album, Best American Roots Song and Best Americana Performance for the album's title track "The Returner". It also won the Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance for the single "Eve Was Black".
Russell has received a total of eight Grammy nominations (with one win), four Canadian Folk Music Awards and two Juno Awards and has been named to the long list for the Polaris Music Prize in 2021, and shortlisted for the 2024 award.
The Returner
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Outside Child
- 2021-05-21T00:00:00.000000Z
Real Midnight
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No Shame
- 2007-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Love I Found
- 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000000Z
Comes A Time
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Any Other Way
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Pathways
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Demons
- 2023-09-05T00:00:00.000000Z
Snakelife
- 2023-08-11T00:00:00.000000Z
The Runner
- 2021-05-14T00:00:00.000000Z
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