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Folk / Americana singer-songwriter Allison Russell – born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada – began her musical career after relocating to Vancouver in 1998. Initially a member of Celtic folk band Fear of Drinking, she formed Po’ Girl in 2003 with Trish Klein (The Be Good Tanyas). The group released seven albums – Po’ Girl (2003), Vagabond Lullabies (2004), B-Side Recordings (2006), Home to You (2007), Deer in the Night (2008), Live (2009), and Follow Your Bliss (2010) – before joining Sankofa for the album The Uptown Strut (2011). Allison Russell then co-founded the group Birds of Chicago who released a trio of studio albums – Birds of Chicago (2012), Real Midnight (2016, and Love in Wartime (2018) – alongside an EP and a live release. She then joined Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Amythyst Kiah in the group Our Native Daughters, who released the album Songs of Our Native Daughters in 2019. Allison Russell then left the comfort of being in a band and pursued a solo career, releasing several cover versions before issuing the album Outside Child (2021), which included the singles “Nightflyer,” “Persephone,” “Montreal,” and “The Runner.” She won many awards for the album (and singles) including two 2022 UK Americana Awards (International Artist of the Year, International Album of the Year), three Canadian Folk Music Awards (Contemporary Album of the Year, English Songwriter of the Year, and New/Emerging Artist of the Year), one Juno Award (Contemporary Roots Album of the Year), two Folk Alliance Awards (Album of the Year, Artist of the Year), and an Americana Music Honors & Awards (Album of the Year). In 2023, Allison Russell released her highly anticipated second solo album, The Returner, which included the tracks “Stay Right Here,” ‘Snakelife,” “Eve Was Black,” and the title track. The album earned her a Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance and two honors from the UK Americana Music Awards (International Album of the Year and International Artist of the Year).
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