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Allison Russell on The Returner, performing with Joni Mitchell and more

Montreal's Allison Russell is back with a new album, The Returner, which was met with great acclaim last month. She joins Q's Tom Power to talk about it.

The Canadian singer-songwriter also introduces us to her new song All Without Within

Allison wears a long, feathered blue gown.
Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, activist and multi-instrumentalist Allison Russell is back with her second studio album, The Returner. (Dana Trippe)

Montreal's Allison Russell has had quite the last couple of years. She won a Juno, was nominated for a Grammy, won album of the year at the Americana Honors and Awards, and appeared on pretty much every afternoon and late-night talk show you can think of. To top it all off, she got to perform beside Joni Mitchell at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington, and now she's back with a new album, The Returner, which was met with great acclaim last month. Russell joins Q's Tom Power to talk about all of that and set up a song called All Without Within.

The full interview with Allison Russell is available on our podcast, Q with Tom Power. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.


Interview with Allison Russell produced by Mitch Pollock.