#21 Allison Russell - Outside Child
As half of Birds Of Chicago, Allison Russell has been a respected Americana artist for almost a decade now. After enhancing her reputation with the wonderful Our Native Daughters album (with Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, and Leyla McCalla, we now come to Allison’s solo debut, and it crowns her as one of the most fascinating and talented voices in music. Outside Child is the most personal of albums, but also accessible to all and, honestly, it’s just brilliant.
“Outside Child is about resilience, survival, transcendence, the redemptive power of art, community, connection, and chosen family.
It was just about making these songs live and breathe in the most honest way. We were laughing, we were crying. And the communion between musicians, I hope people can hear that on the record. It felt like magic.”
