Persephone from Outside Child by Allison Russell

Allison Russell on “Persephone”:

“Persephone” is an homage to my first love - she helped me through my early days of being a teenage runaway and taught me that people can be kind... It’s about the healing joy of experiencing a consensual sexual awakening after a decade of abuse – and about the transformative rebirth that is possible when we begin to love and be loved with mutual care, respect and honesty.”

Montreal born Scottish Grenadian Canadian, Allison Russell, is a mother, a musician, a poet, a writer - a mixed-heritage, queer, black woman. Her winding musical path - from her first work in Canadian roots band, Po’ Girl, to Birds of Chicago, her band with her partner JT Nero to her recent collaborations like Our Native Daughters (Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Amythyst Kiah).