Allison Russell

Allison Russell is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet, and activist. She performed as a member of Po' Girl, Birds of Chicago, and Our Native Daughters before her solo music career. In 2021, she released her first solo album, Outside Child, which received a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Americana Album category. 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). Also, for Outside Child, Russell received nominations for four Canadian Folk Music Awards and was named to the long list for the Polaris Music Prize.