Allison Russell, 'In the Hour of Chaos'
A quote got back to Allison Russell from her daughter talking to the daughter of another artist: My mommy “just sings sad songs about her sad past.” She did win a GRAMMY for a song she describes as an open letter to her adopted father — a white supremacist — who abused her throughout her childhood. “Do you hate, or do you lust?” she sings in "Eve was Black."
Always attuned to prophetic words, she accepted the challenge.
On her new album releasing July 10, Allison Russell remains perfectly poignant but a bit more playful. She even includes her daughter’s school choir from the Explore!…
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