Grammy-winning musician, poet and actor Allison Russell announces her headline North American tour, in support of her acclaimed third studio album In The Hour of Chaos, out now via Fantasy Records. The shows are announced on the heels of her summer tour with Sarah McLachlan and include headline shows at New York City’s Irving Plaza and her hometown of Montreal, and a show at the iconic Ryman Theater in her adopted home of Nashville supporting Neko Case. All shows are on sale now via https://allisonrussellmusic.
In The Hour of Chaos was produced by Russell and Dim Star, and is a fervent plea for connection in this time of alienation, isolation and dread. It’s an album that is meant to make you feel GOOD and, in these times, feeling good is a radical act. The album includes Allison and Norah Jones – two deeply connected artists and friends – on “Really Real.” Hear their intimate ease on the track and watch the official video here: LISTEN / WATCH. You can also listen to Allison’s recent appearance on the Norah Jones Is Playing Along podcast HERE, featuring powerful, exclusive duets from the pair. Throughout the episode, Allison also reflects on her powerful experience making her Broadway debut as Persephone in the Tony-winning musical Hadestown, the new album and more.
| The songs on Allison Russell’s In the Hour of Chaos are meant to reverse the tides that pull us farther and farther apart, even from ones we love the most. It’s only fitting that Russell leaned into her vibrant and ever expanding community of artists and friends to create a collaborative song suite that goes far beyond a succession of features.
These songs unfold like a series of one act plays with Allison, who joins with an artist(s) from her rainbow diaspora, many from her adopted home in Nashville. Tactile, vulnerable, raw, soothing, sensual, sad – each is a little capsule of humans being fully human and fully present. Allison Russell curates her collaborators with care including Ruby Amanfu’s vulnerable grace on “Just Like Saturday”; “Searchlight” featuring Kashus Culpepper who adds grit and swagger to the track; and more. Early releases from the album include her Juneteenth single ft. Brittney Spencer, “Black Lavender” – a celebration of sisterhood; “No Springtime” featuring Joy Oladokun and Julie Williams; and “Cold April,” a track showing intergenerational depth by featuring her tourmate Kara Jackson — a recent collaborator of the Gorillaz and formerly the U.S. National Youth Poet Laureate, Denitia – a CMT Next Women of Country selection who was also featured in Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony, and the Explore! Pop Choir featuring Russell’s daughter, Ida. Elsewhere, Devon Gilfillian brings effortless warmth to “Love is a Golden Lion,” Chibueze Ihuoma adds an otherworldly tenderness to “Two Stars,” and Ahya Simone’s incomparable harp closes the circle with the haunting “Good Omens.” Across these songs, Russell holds the center effortlessly, while illuminating the voices of her chosen family. She turns these throughlines into golden thread, strengthening as she weaves, the only protection she knows against the chaos of this hour. Russell also took the stage at the JUNO Awards earlier this year to pay tribute to fellow Canadian, Joni Mitchell with a duet between her and Sarah McLachlan. Russell is currently on tour throughout North America with McLachlan – see a full list of her tour dates below. Earlier this year, Allison Russell completed her second run on Broadway as Persephone in the 8x Tony Award winning musical Hadestown. She took over the role in November 2024 initially, after spending much of that year opening for Hozier on his Unreal Unearth Tour supporting his arena run on all US dates and throughout Europe. She made her Billboard Hot 100 debut thanks to their duet “Wildflower & Barley.” The accolades for Russell have been immense. Last year she was shortlisted for the Polaris Prize and named Billboard Women In Music Canada’s “Breakthrough Artist of the Year.” She has had 8 GRAMMY nominations and one win, earned three 2022 Americana Award nominations and a win for Album of the Year with subsequent nominations in 2023 and 2024, 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 won three Canadian Folk Music Awards, two UK Americana Music Awards, and more. |
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Allison Russell Fall Headline Tour Oct 15 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel Oct 16 Washington, D.C – 9:30 Club Oct 18 Boston, MA – Royale Oct 20 New York, NY – Irving Plaza Oct 22 Toronto, ON – Massey Hall Oct 23 Montreal, QC – Theatre Beanfield Oct 24 Quebec City, QC – Imperial Bell Oct 25 Ottawa, ON – National Arts Centre Oct 27 Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Oct 28 Phoenixville, PA – The Colonial Theatre Oct 30 Nashville, TN – The Ryman** Oct 31 Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre Nov 1 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue Nov 3 Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre Nov 5 Edmonton, AB – Winspear Centre Nov 6 Calgary, AB – Grey Eagle Resort and Casino Nov 9 Vancouver, BC – Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Nov 11 Seattle, WA – The Showbox Nov 12 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom Nov 14 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore Nov 15 Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre **supporting Neko Case ALLISON RUSSELL ONLINE: |
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