Allison Russell

Allison Russell writes and sings with a directness that comes from years fronting Birds of Chicago and playing in Our Native Daughters alongside Rhiannon Giddens. Her solo record Outside Child dug into trauma and survival with a clarity that earned her Grammy nominations and a reputation as one of the sharpest songwriters working in folk right now. She plays clarinet and banjo and moves easily between plainspoken storytelling and full band arrangements.

She has a Colorado date coming up at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, a fitting stage for songs built to fill a big room.