Angel Russell [Artist]

I will be the first to admit, I am truly fascinated by multi-faceted artists. It is a sort of fascination that moves beyond jealousy for a person’s abilities in the same field as yourself, and moves into more of a total awe for the fact that this person can do so much, at any given time. Some people in this world where simply destined to be artists. They were destined to create. The truly great artists of the world tend to be the type of folks who can have discovered the ability to showcase their entire livelihood and spirit into whatever art they have chosen to use to express themselves. And as I mentioned, sometimes people can perform these acts in a multitude of ways and means. And if you weren’t quite able to make the guess just yet, the amazing artist Angel Russell is without a doubt one of the finest multi-faceted artists I have ever known. And I would like to tell you all a bit about her, using the only format I know how to create with, which happens to be one of the many formats that Angel has done far better than I have in. It all comes back around people.

I have known Angel for at least the last 6-7 years. Her name and work has been a main stay in my musical recollections and appreciation from the very first time her name was brought up to me when I was just starting out in this dirty and somewhat shameful business of blogging, specifically music blogging dealing with mainly independent music. In fact, my creative relationship with Angel truly began to take place around the now fabled times of that little book I have mentioned every once in a while known as Children of Mercy. A lot of you may already know the story, so I won’t bother retelling it, but it is suffice to say that when I went on a hunt in late 2010 to look for some of the best artists I had managed to interact with digitally over the previous couple of years, Angel Russell was definitely a name I was looking to have included in the project. And alongside her business partner Spencer Thurlow, she provided one of the finest insertions in the the final product that was Children of Mercy. And I will always be eternally thankful. The book is out there somewhere, probably, so if you are truly interested, good luck on your hunt to find it. It is lost somewhere in the darkened alleys of promise and misfortune, or just casually tossed amongst the cookbooks and religious material at any given Value Village between Spokane, Washington and Lincoln, Nebraska. But I digress, we are here to talk about Angel.

Angel Russell has spent the majority of her adult life creating. She is a full blown CREATOR. Whether it is music, poetry, art, jewelry, what-have-you’s, and what-have-you-nots, she can do it. And she can do it well. Angel’s music has always been my preferred choice of self expression, but dammit if I could pull off some of those great feather earrings I’ve noticed her hocking on line, I would totally go for it. Angel is a master wordsmith in both lyric and poetry (Poetry fans, you have to check out her blog, Lost Ghost, you won’t be let down), as well as being an instrumental mastermind who can slay on guitar, piano, trumpet, drums, bass, basically anything that makes delightful noises, she can figure it out. She also is definitely not afraid to move between several different genres of music, constantly experimenting with the plethora of sound that is available in the world. While I will always have a sort of fondness for the simpler acoustic sound of one of her first albums, Sunken Ships and Parlor Tricks, it definitely doesn’t stop me from thoroughly enjoying her dabbling into the world of electronic and hip hop music on an album like Alexander Great and Tiger Lilly. That’s right people, the girl also raps. When I said multi-faceted, I fucking meant it.

But, let’s get down to brass tax here, people. Angel has something special for you all, readily available and awaiting your spiritual consumption. While it may seem cliche to say that Angel is really “putting it all out there” this time around, I would actually be giving a literal translation of what is happening. Angel Russell has decided that it was time to clean house, and has now made all of her musical recordings available for purchase via her bandcamp page, at an extremely reasonable and terrific rate, as well. That’s right holy shoppers, for just $69 dollars, you can pick up 9 (NINE!) beautiful records of many different varieties instantly! Let me show you in pictures just so we are clear:

Do you get it now? This is an amazing deal on some amazing music. 9 beautiful albums that will keep you mesmerized for a lifetime, or at least a few physical hours if you managed to sit still long enough to enjoy it all. So, now that I know you are in, just head to:

Angel Russell’s Bandcamp Page

Seriously everyone, this is a helluva deal. And through the glory of Bandcamp, you don’t even have take my word for it. You can actually give a few dozen listens on the page, which will surely lead you to pulling out all those stocking stuffed gift cards you have been wondering what to do with over the last few weeks. Angel has you covered!

Just to reiterate, Angel Russell is a god damned genius, to put it simply enough. We love what she has done as an artist, and what she will definitely continue to do. And if you are not in the market for some beautiful music at the moment, be sure to check out her other ventures that might help her put food in her stomach, but more importantly some warmth in her heart and yours. Watch her Big Cartel Page for some of Angel’s amazing handcrafted jewelry, or maybe spruce up your life a bit with some Sparrow Wise Art. Whatever type of art you may find yourself gravitating towards, Angel is surely able to bring you exactly what you need. She is exactly the type of artist we need in these soon to be strange a drastic times. And she is exactly the type of person who deserves the chance to continue working on her art as a livelihood, for the world would be even more lost and doomed if her already undeserving of this plain and boring existence were to disappear. We need people like Angel in this world. More importantly, we need Angel in the world of art, right where she belongs.

So all hail the Sparrow, and support one of the greatest multi-faceted artists of our time!!!