Another Country with Ricky Ross

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Music: Country: Experimental & New

Ricky Ross enters the landscape of Americana and alternative country

Ricky Ross enters the musical landscape of Americana and alternative country. Featuring new and classic tracks, with Ricky taking a closer look at the stories behind the songs

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Another Country with Ricky Ross: Allison Russell

Allison Russell

BBC Radio Scotland - Another Country with Ricky Ross, Allison Russell

The Montreal-born artist explores the personal and traumatic themes behind her solo album.

In a powerful and moving conversation the Montreal-born Nashville-based artist, Allison Russell, describes how she turned the experience of her traumatic childhood into songs.

Featuring the story of 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 ‘Outside Child’ as being about “resilience, survival, transcendence, the redemptive power of art, community, connection, and chosen family.”

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