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In a powerful and moving conversation the Montreal-born Nashville-based artist, Allison Russell, describes how she turned the experience of her traumatic childhood into songs.

Featuring the story of Allison Russell, a Montreal-born, Nashville-based Scottish-Grenadian-Canadian multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. In a powerful and moving conversation, Allison describes how she managed to turn the experiences of a highly traumatic childhood into one of the strongest albums of 2021. She describes 鈥極utside Child鈥 as being about 鈥渞esilience, survival, transcendence, the redemptive power of art, community, connection, and chosen family.鈥

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1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Tue 6 Jul 2021 20:00

Music Played

  • Jackson Browne

    My Cleveland Heart

  • Linda Ronstadt

    Blue Bayou

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Misty River

    Walk Me To The River

  • Lainey Wilson

    Things A Man Oughta Know

  • Son Volt

    Diamonds And Cigarettes

  • Amythyst Kiah

    Wild Turkey

  • Holly Macve

    Eye Of The Storm

    • Eye Of The Storm.
    • Modern Sky UK.
  • Yola

    Starlight

    • Stand For Myself.
    • Easy Eye Sound.
  • Charlie Worsham

    Half Drunk

  • Wanda Jackson

    It Keeps Right On A Hurtin'

  • CMAT

    2 Wrecked 2 Care

  • Our Native Daughters

    Quasheba, Quasheba

    • Songs of Our Native Daughters.
    • Smithsonian Folkways.
    • 004.
  • Allison Russell

    Poison Arrow

    • Outside Child.
    • Fantasy.
    • 009.
  • Allison Russell

    Persephone

  • Allison Russell

    Montreal

  • Allison Russell

    Nightflyer

    • Outside Child.
    • Fantasy.
  • Allison Russell

    4th Day Prayer

  • Allison Russell

    Hy-Brasil

    • Outside Child.
    • Fantasy.
    • 006.

Broadcast

  • Tue 6 Jul 2021 20:00

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