This snuck up on me as I emerged from the @Hadestown
#underworld. I fly to Montreal tomorrow to be this year’s
#keynotespeaker @Folk Alliance International on Thursday. I’ve grown up as an artist & a woman & a mother at FAI - I met my partner in all things,
#jtnero there 24 years ago, I formed life long friendships and chosen families there. Our daughter attended her first one when she was 6 weeks old! It is deeply moving & meaningful to me that I get to participate this year in my hometown of
#montreal and I’m so grateful that I get to be in conversation with @annpowers33 for this year’s
#keynote Ann was an early supporter of
#outsidechild & my solo career as well as being one of my favourite music journalists and authors on the planet. See you soon
#folkfamily #allamericana #freakyfolk fam
#folkalliance #fai #folk #fyp Love & Revelation x
#allisonrussell #rainbowcoalition #stillwerise The other photos in the carousel are a trip down my memory lane of Folk Alliances’ past - baby Ida being changed in an FAI hallway floor in the last one 🥹 Repost from @folk_alliance • We are pleased to announce FAI 2025’s Keynote Speaker, the one and only, Allison Russell! GRAMMY Award-winner and eight-time nominee Allison Russell, who made her Broadway debut in November performing as Persephone in Anais Mitchell’s Hadestown, will be the Keynote Speaker at Folk Alliance’s 37th annual conference. Celebrated author and NPR Music journalist Ann Powers will interview Allison at the conference.