Allison Russell
Canadian singer-songwriter and musicianWikipedia
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Sep 20, 2026
Chris PierceGUEST
And he eventually takes his own life.
Chris PierceGUEST
And Alison Russell joins me on that song, which is really incredible of her to do.
Chris PierceGUEST
But it also adds another voice to the narrative there.
Chris PierceGUEST
And with that song, uh, last time I was in New York, Kalief's brother, uh, heard the song and, uh, he has a foundation set up called the Kalief Browder Foundation and, uh, proceeds from that song are going to go to that foundation.
Chris PierceGUEST
And he eventually takes his own life.
Chris PierceGUEST
And Alison Russell joins me on that song, which is really incredible of her to do.
Chris PierceGUEST
But it also adds another voice to the narrative there.
Chris PierceGUEST
And with that song, uh, last time I was in New York, Kalief's brother, uh, heard the song and, uh, he has a foundation set up called the Kalief Browder Foundation and, uh, proceeds from that song are going to go to that foundation.
Peter O'DowdCORRESPONDENT
It's a chronological rehashing of a terrible year that started in the summer of 2023, when he nearly died from an overdose before a show in New York City.
Peter O'DowdCORRESPONDENT
It starts with this haunting eulogy featuring Emmylou Harris, Alison Russell and Noah Cyrus, and then shuffles into the isolation and loneliness he felt as his addiction and his life spiraled out of control.
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Big old house and It's full of good signs to know Sit awake, darling Watch the sun rise And finish my song
Peter O'DowdCORRESPONDENT
The album is called Mule, and it ends with a note of redemption and healing and a hint of lingering sadness.
Orville PeckGUEST
Three legends, yes.
Orville PeckGUEST
Noah Cyrus, Alison Russell, and Emmylou Harris.
Orville PeckGUEST
Amazing.
Orville PeckGUEST
Yeah.
Baylen LeonardHOST
feels like they are
Orville PeckGUEST
Alison Russell left New York she was on Broadway she left New York to come and do it Emmylou came in Noah flew in I can't believe people do things like that like this but um it was so special and then yeah there's other things like that on the album that people see when the full thing's out like uh i have a very special bluegrass trio that are played throughout the album and they they represent a very specific thing throughout the album so they start to get more and more as the album goes on i like an
Baylen LeonardHOST
album that takes you on a journey
Orville PeckGUEST
yeah me too i mean you listen i'm not i'm nothing if not dramatic so
Baylen LeonardHOST
Do you want to get back on stage? Because you did Cabaret on Broadway.
Baylen LeonardHOST
I did, yeah.
Baylen LeonardHOST
And Alison Russell, who you mentioned, she's been doing Hadestown.
Baylen LeonardHOST
And there's been a lot of people in the Americana country world who've gone into Hadestown.
Brian WiseHOST
Yeah, they have.
Brian WiseHOST
You know, Alison Russell was there and they've got the McCrary sisters singing in the background and they have made a real effort to do it.
Brian WiseHOST
That's on stage, but off stage...
Brian WiseHOST
And while Nashville's changing, the population's changing, a lot of people moving into Nashville.
Johnny GowdyHOST
Features some great, great guests, too.
Johnny GowdyHOST
Allison Russell, uh, Steve Earle, a lot of other people.
Johnny GowdyHOST
You can find Chris at, uh, chrispierce.com.
Johnny GowdyHOST
The, the record's available on vinyl and CD, available now wherever it is you stream and download music.
The Andrews SistersSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Chop, chop, chop.
Dave MataloniHOST
And we opened that set of All Right songs with Birds of Chicago's All Right, All Right featuring Alison Russell on vocals.
Dave MataloniHOST
You know, back in February of 2022, Alison hosted the...
Dave MataloniHOST
Womanica podcast, and she shared this Etta James quote.
Lisa SahulkaHOST
And Liz Wright.
Lisa SahulkaHOST
This is a tune that was written by Alison Russell.
Lisa SahulkaHOST
And we heard the tune Barley off of that album.
Lisa SahulkaHOST
It's a 2017 release.
Hilary SaundersGUEST
And we have someone who can record and edit and share the podcast and we can do a full multimedia everything together.
Hilary SaundersGUEST
and do some investigative journalism that is award winning, that, you know, uncovers, you know, issues in the industry or, you know, shares the next Billy Strings or Molly Tuttle or Alison Russell or whoever.
Hilary SaundersGUEST
So it's really Yeah.
Hilary SaundersGUEST
Trying to, like you said, thread that needle between the immediate and the ideal.
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