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Allison Russell
On Outside Child, Russell’s heavily lauded 2021 debut solo effort, there was a reckoning with all that her past self-made it through. It was a daring, brave album. One where the speaker in the songs is both child and survivor, looking back on the child’s life. And, still, for all of Outside Child’s bravery, The Returner rises to an equal challenge of brave ambition. After not only presenting that history of a self to the world, but untangling it on her own, Russell made an album that brings her back to her present self. One that delights in her present self. An album that is abundant in scope, in color (sonic color and vocal color, but also, very plainly, in it’s stunning album cover,) and abundant in possibility for a variety of next turns. I am overjoyed by the act of communal singing, and even more so when it just so happens to be black folks in communion doing the singing, shouting, clapping, stomping, and whatever else moves them to make noise. The Returner, for all of its gifts, is an album that feels like an invitation, the way walking by a loud, boisterous church service where the praise and worship spills out into the sidewalk might seem like an invitation, even if you aren’t the churchgoing type, but you just don’t want to miss a good time, a loud time. This is an album of beautiful, holy noise. You can hear individual notes of laughter, you can hear each individual voice reaching for the next individual voice to link hands with and ascend.

Songs

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Wildflower and Barley
Hozier
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Superlover (feat. Annie Lennox)
Allison Russell
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Nightflyer
Allison Russell
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You're Not Alone
Allison Russell
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The Returner
Allison Russell

Albums

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The Returner

2023
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Real Midnight

2016
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Live From Space (Evanston, Illinois / June 28, 2013)

2013
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Outside Child

2021
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Follow Your Bliss

2010
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Love In Wartime

2018
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Deer In The Night

2009
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American Flowers

2017
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No Shame

2007

Singles & EPs

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Superlover (feat. Annie Lennox)

Single • 2025
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Snakelife

Single • 2023
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Persephone (Luck Mansion Sessions)

Single • 2022
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Pathways

Single • 2024
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Stay Right Here

Single • 2023
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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Single • 2021
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Take Me To Church (feat. Resistance Revival Chorus)

Single • 2024
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The Returner

Single • 2023
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Demons

Single • 2023
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You're Not Alone (feat. Brandi Carlile)

Single • 2022

Videos

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You're Not Alone ft. Brandi Carlile (Official Music Video) (feat. Brandi Carlile)

Allison Russell • 398K views

Live performances

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Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (Stevie Nicks/Tom Petty cover)

Allison Russell • 20K views

Featured on

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Daughters of Folk

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Analog Christmas

Playlist • YouTube Music
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All-Time Americana Greats

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Americana Hotlist

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Cowboys + Queens

Playlist • YouTube Music

Playlists by Allison Russell

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ALLISON + HOZIER TOUR PLAYLIST

Playlist • Allison Russell • 4.4K views
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Allison Russell: The Complete Collection

Playlist • Allison Russell • 9.4K views
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Allison Russell Collaborations

Playlist • Allison Russell • 1.6K views
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You're Not Alone (featuring Brandi Carlile)

Playlist • Allison Russell • 1.5K views

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