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Tom Russell (born in Los Angeles in either 1947 or 1948) is an American singer-songwriter from California, currently living in El Paso, Texas. His music incorporates elements of folk, traditional country & western, border and cowboy music of the American West.

Russell's songs have been recorded by artists such as Johnny Cash, Ian Tyson, Nanci Griffith, Dave Alvin and others. In addition to his music, he is also an artist and published author.In the 1980s Russell made four albums credited to the Tom Russell Band.

These featured Andrew Hardin and accordionist Fats Kaplin. In the 1990s Russell made a number of solo albums, collaborated with blues singer Barrence Whitfield on two albums, and also recorded an acoustic album mixing original material with his favorite cowboy-themed songs.

His albums include several guest appearances from other folk, country, and Americana artists, such as Chris Gaffney and Dave Alvin. His song "Outbound Plane", co-written with Nanci Griffith, became a Top Ten country hit for Suzy Bogguss.

His most significant album from this period is the 1999 folk opera, The Man From God Knows Where.His more recent albums include "Blood and Candle Smoke" (2009) and "Mesabi" (2011).

Tom Russell performs country, folk, latin, singer-songwriter music and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, or other music performances. The estimated booking fee range to book Tom Russell for your event, Please Contact. Tom Russell has more than 39.6K listeners worldwide and really knows how to entertain your audience. Similar artists are  Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Slaid Cleaves, Dave Alvin, Rodney Crowell, Bruce Robison, The Flatlanders, Mary Gauthier, Joe Ely, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Iris DeMent, Buddy Miller, Gretchen Peters, James McMurtry, Robert Earl Keen, Todd Snider . Contact AAE Music agency for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Tom Russell for an upcoming event.

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