Allison Russell News

Multi-platinum, chart-topping GRAMMY Award winning duo Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo have announced more dates to their 2023 North American headlining tour. The tour stops at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Monday, April 24, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

​​​​​​​New England Conservatory (NEC) has announced a wide-ranging spring season of jazz and contemporary musical arts events featuring a diverse roster of ensembles and programming. Concerts are free and open to the public.

Brandi Carlile won three more awards at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards, bringing her total number of GRAMMY wins to nine. After winning Best Americana Album (In These Silent Days), Best Rock Song (“Broken Horses”) and Best Rock Performance (“Broken Horses”), Carlile performed “Broken Horses” during the live awards broadcast.

Last night, the GRAMMY Awards aired live on CBS and Paramount Plus. Winners included Beyoncé and Kim Petras making history, plus Lizzo, Viola Davis, Sam Smith, Harry Styles, Bonnie Raitt, Samara Joy, Willie Nelson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and more.

Eyes Closed, Dreaming, the newest album from Steve Dawson is, without reservation, a pinnacle and career highlight for the Nashville-based Canadian musician. With its melodies, inspired instrumentation and soulful vocal performances, Dawson’s newest music soars effortlessly over the very high bar he’s set for himself over the past three decades.

The 18th annual Music Of fundraising performance, The Music Of Paul McCartney, proudly welcomes to the already star-studded roster Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Graham Nash (The Hollies, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), multi-Grammy Award-winning pop-rock artist Bruce Hornsby, alt-rock icon Natalie Merchant (solo and 10,000 Maniacs), Sammy Rae, the extraordinary front woman of  Sammy Rae & the Friends and indie-folk rocker Jonathan Russell of The Head and the Heart.

Recorded at United Recording in Los Angeles, the twelve-track album was produced, engineered and mixed by Dan Knobler (Allison Russell) and features arrangements from Jacob Zimmerman. All songs were written by Vilray except for the 1930’s classic “Goodnight My Love,” which was written by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel.

Season four features The Beach Boys/Amythyst Kiah; Morgan Wade/Coffey Anderson; Vince Neil/Erin Kinsey; Leigh Nash/Allison Russell; Randall King/for KING & COUNTRY; Ben Rector/Shy Carter; Sierra Ferrell/Ian Munsick; Valerie June/Jackson Dean; We The Kingdom/Nate Smith; Jordan Fletcher/MacKenzie Porter; and more.

The 18nd Annual Music Of fundraising performance, produced by Michael Dorf Presents, will spotlight the work of Paul McCartney and take place March 15, 2023 at one of the world’s most venerated venues, Carnegie Hall.

Continuing a tradition in its 37th year that has evolved into the largest such gathering in New York City, BAM will host the annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, January 16, 2023, at 10:30am in the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House.

The acclaimed six-time Grammy Award-winner, who is nominated for another seven awards this year, performed her beloved breakthrough song, “The Story,” along with this year’s Record of the Year-nominated, “You and Me on the Rock” with special guests Lucius. Watch videos from the episode now!

Seasonal silliness is in full swing December 9 through 11 at Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College! 

Celebrating its 8th year of theatre and second at Kelsey Theatre, The MTM Players bring the sequel comedy penned by local playwright Mark Brown, The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge to Kelsey Theatre one weekend only Dec 9 - Dec 11, 2022, in West Windsor, NJ for five performances including a rare Sunday evening showing at 7pm.

“Brandi Carlile’s Mothership Weekend” will take place in Miramar Beach, FL May 12-14. Created as an annual Mother’s Day celebration, the festival will feature performances from Carlile, Hozier, Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Danielle Ponder, The Milk Carton Kids, Katie Pruitt and Fancy Hagood.

Recorded at United Recording in Los Angeles, CA, the twelve-track album was produced, engineered and mixed by Dan Knobler (Judy Collins, Allison Russell) and features arrangements from Jacob Zimmerman. All songs were written by Vilray except for the 1930’s classic “Goodnight My Love,” which was written by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel.

Brandi Carlile is nominated for seven awards at the 65th GRAMMY Awards: Album of the Year (In These Silent Days), Record of the Year (“You And Me On The Rock” feat. Lucius), Best Americana Album (In These Silent Days), Best Americana Performance (“You And Me On The Rock” feat. Lucius), and more.

Randy Rainbow, ABBA, Encanto, West Side Story, ABBA, Lady Gaga, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mel Brooks, and more have been nominated for GRAMMY Awards! Check out the complete list of winners now, which also includes Beyoncé, Adele, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, and more.

Celebrating the release of their latest single “Waves in the Wind”, Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer will make their Club Passim debut on November 20th. The duo calls themselves Sway Wild, a name inspired by a two month sailing voyage.

The Highwomen with Tanya Tucker will add to a weekend at Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre, Added due to overwhelming demand after the first two Gorge dates—Carlile’s annual headline concert on June 9 (with special guests Marcus Mumford and Allison Russell) and artist Joni Mitchell’s “Joni Jam” on June 10 (with Carlile opening)—immediately sold-out. 

Allison Russell’s music video for “You’re Not Alone,” (Featuring Brandi Carlile) has made its world premiere across BET Soul, BET.com, CMT, CMT Music, CMT.com, MTV Live, MTVU, MTV Biggest Pop, and Paramount Times Square Billboards. Russell and Carlile have been wowing live audiences with their affirmative and uplifting single for the last month.