News broke this morning about the next big roots music name to make an appearance in the Broadway production of Hadestown. Singer-songwriter Allison Russell will reportedly enter the role of Persephone beginning November 12. The role has played host to […]
Allison Russell’s jubilant follow-up to her award-winning solo debut dwells deep in the recesses of the soul. It’s imbued with a radiant spirituality that illumines the liminal spaces of human existence, and it exudes a joy that rides her transcendent […]
Sometimes there’s nothing more cutting edge than looking back, bringing voices from the past into into today’s conversation in hopes of a better tomorrow. That’s the idea behind Song of Our Native Daughters, a new project from Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla […]
As the audience members headed out into Saturday night after the last drumbeats of “Freedom Highway” had sounded and “Sisters Present,” the final night of Rhiannon Giddens’ residency at Symphony Space on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, came to a […]
Allison Russell of Birds of Chicago performs at the Gospel Show at Cayamo 2016.
