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.