Allison Russell Performs ‘Tiny Desk Concert’

Watch Russell play “Nightflyer,” “You’re Not Alone” and more with SistaStrings, Larissa Maestro, Megan Coleman, Mandy Fer and Joy Clark.

By Scott Bernstein Sep 14, 2022 • 11:14 am PDT

Allison Russell Tiny Desk Concert

Multi-instrumentalist Allison Russell is featured in the latest installment of NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert video series. The Montreal-based singer-songwriter played a four-song set accompanied by six musicians at Bob Boilen’s desk at the NPR Music offices in Washington D.C.

  • Allison Russell Shares ‘You’re Not Alone’ Single Featuring Brandi Carlile

    Allison Russell Shares ‘You’re Not Alone’ Single Featuring Brandi Carlile

    Allison Russell released an updated version of her Our Native Daughters song, “You’re Not Alone,” featuring Brandi Carlile.

Russell was joined by SistaStrings (Monique Ross and Chauntee Ross) as well as cello player Larissa Maestro, drummer Megan Coleman and guitarists Mandy Fer and Joy Clark for her Tiny Desk Concert performance. Allison led the troupe through “Quasheba, Quasheba” from her time in supergroup Our Native Daughters with Leyla McCalla and Rhiannon Giddens to kick off the session.

The set continued with “4th Day Prayer” and “Nightflyer,” two standout tracks from Russell’s fantastic debut solo album, Outside Child. Allison and her band then returned to the Our Native Daughters repertoire for the “You’re Not Alone” that closed the performance and saw Russell sing in Québécois French. A new version of the song featuring Brandi Carlile came out earlier this month.

“A dream come true! Wildly grateful – and we had so much fun,” Russell wrote on Twitter of the experience. Watch Allison Russell’s Tiny Desk Concert below:

00:00:00
00:06:03
00:10:30
00:15:30
NPR Music (See 1,746 videos)
Allison Russell (See 17 videos)
Advertisement

Loading tour dates

JamBase Collections