Jazz Articles about Allison Russell

About Allison Russell

Radio & Podcasts

The Final Batch of My Favorite 2024 Jazz Things - Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 28, 2025

2024 was a tough year! It may be hard to be nostalgic about it. It will be much easier to be nostalgic about the amazing music that it brought to us and so, for our first show of 2025, we are looking back at some of the many gems that we have discovered in the past months.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Mulatu Astatke, Hoodna Orchestra “Major" Tension ...

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Allison Russell Brings Survivors' Joy To The New York City Winery

by Dave Kaufman
June 18, 2022

Allison Russell is one of this year's most improbable success stories and perhaps it's most endearing. The singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist is a veteran of folk and roots bands including Po' Girls and Birds of Chicago. Both bands have enjoyed a measure of critical acclaim but have had only modest success. Russell also joined Our Native Daughters, a group of four black female banjo players organized by Rhiannon Giddens, whose album, Songs of Our Native Daughters, and subsequent tour was very well ...