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Black History Month

Celebrating African-American artists in Country and Americana music. Plus a conversation with Allison Russell who explores the personal and traumatic themes behind her solo album.

Celebrating African-American artists in Country and Americana music with the new generation of black singer-songwriters that are telling their own story. Plus another chance to hear Ricky's interview with Allison Russell, a Montreal-born, Nashville-based Scottish-Grenadian-Canadian multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. In a powerful and moving conversation, Allison describes how she managed to turn the experiences of a highly traumatic childhood into one of the strongest albums of 2021. She describes 鈥極utside Child鈥� as being about 鈥渞esilience, survival, transcendence, the redemptive power of art, community, connection, and chosen family.鈥�

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1 hour, 55 minutes

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Tue 5 Oct 2021 20:00
麻豆社 Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Willie Jones

    American Dream

    • Right Now.
    • The Penthouse/EMPIRE.

  • Valerie June

    Stay

    • Stay.
    • Fantasy.
    • 1.

  • Keb鈥� Mo鈥� & Old Crow Medicine Show

    The Medicine Man

  • Amythyst Kiah

    Wild Turkey

  • Tre Burt

    Sweet Misery

  • Yola

    Starlight

  • Sunny War

    Lucid Lucy

  • Curt Chambers

    Dirty South

  • BRELAND

    Cross Country (feat. Mickey Guyton)

  • Joy Oladokun

    if you got a problem

  • Black Pumas

    Fast Car

  • Chapel Hart

    You Can Have Him Jolene

  • Our Native Daughters

    Quasheba, Quasheba

    • Songs Of Our Native Daughters.
    • Smithsonian Folkways.

  • Allison Russell

    Poison Arrow

    • Outside Child.
    • Fantasy.
    • 9.

  • Allison Russell

    Persephone

    • Outside Child.
    • Fantasy.
    • 3.

  • Allison Russell

    Montreal

    • Outside Child.
    • Fantasy.
    • 1.

  • Allison Russell

    Nightflyer

    • Outside Child.
    • Fantasy.
    • 2.

  • Allison Russell

    4th Day Prayer

    • Outside Child.
    • Fantasy.
    • 4.

  • Allison Russell

    Hy-Brasil

    • Outside Child.
    • Fantasy.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Tue 5 Oct 2021 20:00
    麻豆社 Radio Scotland

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