251. How to Break Cycles with Allison Russell

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Relationships, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.8 • 42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Allison Russell, shares her incredible life story and teaches us how she healed from abuse through music, sisterhood, and returning to her body. This hour is a soul-stirring reminder of the life-saving, cycle-breaking power of truth telling, art, and love. About Allison: Allison Russell has spent her career in multiple bands, including Po’ Girl, Our Native Daughters and Birds of Chicago. After a career spent as a gifted multi-instrumentalist, backing numerous other artists, she finally dared to release her solo project in 2021. She made her Opry debut and appeared at the Country Music Hall of Fame and performed at the 2022 GRAMMY’s Premiere Ceremony. In addition to her four GRAMMY nominations, she has earned three 2022 Americana Award nominations and a win for Album of the Year, two International Folk Music Award wins, a 2022 Juno nomination for ‘Songwriter of the Year,’ and her first-ever Juno Award win for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year. Russell received two 2021 Americana Awards nominations, won three Canadian Folk Music Awards, two UK Americana Music Awards, and more. She was recently nominated for Song of the Year and Artist of the Year for the 2023 Americana Awards. TW: @outsidechild13 IG: @allisonrussellmusic

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0:00.0	Welcome Pod Squad. Today we are delighted to tell you that we have the Allison Russell with us.
0:18.0	After career spent as a gifted multi-instrumentalist, backing numerous other artists,
0:24.0	she finally released her solo project in 2021.
0:27.0	She made her opera debut, appeared at the country music hall of fame,
0:31.0	and performed at the 2022 Grammys premiere ceremony.
0:35.0	She has been nominated for four Grammys.
0:37.0	She has earned three Americana awards.
0:40.0	Her recent album, The Returner, is just...
0:45.0	It's a real experience. You've got to listen.
0:48.0	Allison Russell, welcome to We Can Do Hard Things.
0:51.0	Yay!
0:54.0	It's so excited to talk to you.
0:56.0	I was just listening to your incredible conversation with Andrea Gibson,
1:01.0	and me being my beautiful literary agent, Meg Thompson sent it to me,
1:05.0	and just intuitively didn't know we were doing this, you know, and just sent it to you.
1:09.0	No way!
1:10.0	Yeah, she was like, you need to listen to this. It's going to change your life.
1:14.0	I will.
1:15.0	Well, thank you for listening, and we've already started.
1:17.0	So, hi.
1:18.0	Welcome you, Allison Russell.
1:21.0	Wonderful to meet you all sort of officially.
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