Podcast appearances and mentions of Rissi Palmer

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resistance-fest-resist-hate-reclaim-love-tickets-1257161336399?aff=oddtdtcreator The above is a link to purchase tickets for the RESISTANCE FEST on June 14 from 3pm-8pm with RISSI PALMER, Jennifer Knapp, Abigail Dowd, Jess Klein, Maia Kamil and Jane Kramer. The RESISTANCE FEST is on lawn in front of Life'sJourney UCC at 2121 Edgewood ave in Burlington, NC. This episode is an interview with Rissi Palmer—check her out at: www.rissipalmermusic.com.

Send in your music story!This week we have the pleasure of sitting down with one of CMT's Next Women in country music! The wonderfully talented Julie Williams joins the show! Julie comes up from southern roots with a beautiful blend of Country and Folk music that really paves the way for something special. One of the most prolific writers we have had on the show be sure to check out her entire catalog and see her live!Julie Williams:CMT Next Women of Country's Julie Williams is turning heads in Nashville's Americana music scene with her compelling blend of country storytelling, soft-yet-powerful vocal performance, and indie folk production. Building her career on the road, Julie has played over 120 shows in 26 states in the past two years and captivated audiences at festivals such as Newport Folk Festival, CMA Fest, Tortuga Music Fest, High Water Festival, Cayamo, and AmericanaFest. She has shared the stage with acts across genres, including Jason Isbell, Allison Russell, Mt. Joy, Devon Gilfillian, Brittney Spencer, and Will Hoge. A member of the Black Opry Revue, Julie was named in Rissi Palmer's Color Me Country Class of 2021, featured on Wide Open Country's list of “10 Country Acts Poised for a Breakout Year in 2023,” and her single “Southern Curls” was covered by Billboard, CMT, “PBS NewsHour,” and numerous music publications. An activist at heart, Julie launched Green Room Conversations in March 2023, a series of performances and speaking campuses on college campuses to raise awareness of sexual harassment in the music industry. On August 20, Julie released “just friends?,” a nostalgic and queer tune about realizing you once had romantic feelings for an old friend. It is the first taste of new music from her forthcoming EP Tennessee Moon available Oct. 17. Website: https://www.thisisjuliewilliams.com/Support the showPlease give us a quick rate and review. If you enjoyed the audio version head over to our Youtube for video content! Follow the Instagram for special content and weekly updates. Check out our website and leave us a voice message to be heard on the show or find out more about the guests!Ever wanted to start your own podcast? Here is a link to get started!https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1964696https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCONMXkuIfpVizopNb_CoIGghttps://www.instagram.com/hook_and_bridge_podcast/https://www.thehookandbridgepodcast.com/

Dr. Jada Watson returns to The Table Women to chat all about women in radio, including: How Jada found her passion for women in radio and later turned that into a career The evolution of her path and the history of radio charts How radio charts even work! Beyoncé, Country Music Radio, and backlash (or not?) The power of having data to back up what we experience The cost of having access to the facts We're still going backwards for female representation in radio, what's up? Tomato-gate and it's impact History of Country Music and how we ended up here There are only ever 3 women “succeeding” at a time - wtf?! Barbie, women in pop music, politics, country music - weird connections! So how do we fix it? Jada's own experiences with being targeted in retaliation for her work Seeing how being armed with information uplifts the next generations And more! Jada's website and other links: www.SongData.ca   Jada Watson, “‘Diversi'tea': Spilling the Data on Inclusive Programming.” Presented at Country Radio Seminar, 1 March 2024.   Jan Diehm and Jada Watson, “They Won't Play a Lady-O on Country Radio: Examining Back-to-Back Plays by Gender, Race, and Sexual Orientation.” The Pudding, 22 May 2023.   Jada Watson, “Redlining in Country Music 2.0: Representation in the Country Music Industry in 2021 and 2022.” SongData Reports; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 17 March 2023.   NOTES: Corb Lund: https://www.corblund.com/ Sarah Harmer: https://sarahharmer.com/ Loretta Lynn: https://lorettalynn.com/ Kitty Wells: https://www.kittywells.com/ Mickey Guyton: https://www.mickeyguyton.com/ Maren Morris: https://www.marenmorris.com/ Beyoncé: https://www.beyonce.com/ Beverly Keel chapter in A Boy Named Sue: Gender and Country Music: https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/A-Boy-Named-Sue Lainey Wilson: https://www.laineywilson.com/home?page=1 Women In Music: https://www.womeninmusic.org/get-involved Tomato-Gate (Keith Hill): https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/06/18/tomato-gate-galvanizes-women-country/28936501/ Jingoism: https://www.britannica.com/topic/jingoism The Chicks: https://thechicks.com/ Robyn Ottolini: https://www.robynottolini.com/ Priscilla Block: https://www.priscillablock.com/ Jada's Toronto Star Article: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/jason-aldean-s-try-that-is-now-no-1-on-the-charts-that-s-a/article_d88b19c8-5cd3-51b9-af43-fc75f98a5fab.html Emily Yahr: “Tracy Chapman, Luke Combs and the Complicated Response to ‘Fast Car'.” Sara Ahmed “Living a Feminist Life”: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv11g9836 We Belmont: https://www.instagram.com/webelmont/ Rissi Palmer: https://rissipalmermusic.com/ Black Opry: https://www.blackopry.com/ Sasha: https://www.iamsacha.com/ Julie Williams: https://www.thisisjuliewilliams.com/about Roberta Lea: https://www.iamrobertalea.com/ Joy Oladokun: https://www.joyoladokun.com/ Emma White: https://emmawhite.com/ Kelsea Ballerini: https://www.kelseaballerini.com/Cowboys-Cry-Too Carly Pearce: https://www.carlypearce.com/#/ Allison Russell: https://allisonrussellmusic.com/ Carter Faith: https://www.carterfaith.com/   P.S. We discuss the initial reaction to Beyoncé releasing "Cowboy Carter" including the backlash, or what seemed to be backlash, from Country Music Radio. Sarah and Jada discussed videos online regarding radio stations claiming they won't play the record. We went back and were able to find content on the initial incident discussed, but we're still looking for videos describing other incidents. If you know of any information regarding people/stations being against playing "Cowboy Carter" please reach out and send them our way, we'd love to have them and share them with Jada!   

On this episode of Coffee, Country & Cody we welcome John Knowles, Rissi Palmer and Miko Marks! othing gets a morning started better than “Coffee, Country and Cody.” The show’s namesake is Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Famer and affable television personality Bill Cody. Joining Bill is his producer/sidekick/sports guy/fellow brilliant conversationalist, Charlie Mattos. And rounding out WSM’s dynamic morning crew is Kelly Sutton, Nashville’s go-to entertainment journalist. Together, Bill, Charlie and Kelly start every weekday off with great music—country, bluegrass, Americana, Opry cuts, and live studio guests, the latest news, entertaining features, and more.   Coffee, Country & Cody airs LIVE Monday - Friday! You can listen on WSM 650 AM, and watch on Circle Country through the CircleNow app, and stream on Roku, Samsung TV Plus, Peacock, Vizio, Xumo, Redbox, Sling, and Fubo!   About WSM Radio: WSM is the most famed country music radio station in the world. Each day since it first signed on in 1925, the station has shared country, bluegrass, and Americana music, as well as the excitement of Music City with friends in Middle Tennessee and listeners around the world. Listen anytime on 650 AM, WSMradio.com, or our free mobile app.

Music educator, musician, and scholar-activist Brandi Waller-Pace connects the ideas that Rissi Palmer shared in Episode 26a to her own philosophy and work as the founder of the nonprofit organization Decolonizing the Music Room and organizer of the Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival. Brandi's music and scholarship Decolonizing the Music Room Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival Lisa's new book, A Family Guide to Parenting Musically - available for pre-order

Musician and advocate Rissi Palmer discusses how she supports country artists of color through her Color Me Country radio show and artist grant fund and how she balances her work as a performer, speaker, and mother. Rissi shares her advice for how to diversify children's music listening in an intentional way. Rissi's music Color me Country Radio with Rissi Palmer Color Me Country Artist Grant Fund Lisa's new book, A Family Guide to Parenting Musically - available for pre-order

Rissi Palmer signed her first record deal at 19, with her debut in 2007 she was the first black woman to make the country music charts in over 2 decades, she has toured with the likes of Taylor Swift, and the Eagles, appeared on Oprah, Good Morning America, at the White House, the Grand Ole Opry, and Lincoln Center, is the host of Apple Music's 'Color Me Country', and the director of the Color Me Country Artist Grant Fund. We talk about one of our favorite topics - saying no, prioritizing self care, speaking for those people who cannot speak for themselves, the music business as a meritocracy (ahem) and a whole lot more.Get more access and support this show by subscribing to our Patreon, right here.Links:Rissi Palmer'Color Me Country' - Apple MusicColor Me Country Artist Grant FundTami NeilsonDorothy DandrigeEp 43 - Gretchen PetersClick here to watch this conversation on YouTube.Social Media:The Other 22 Hours InstagramThe Other 22 Hours TikTokMichaela Anne InstagramAaron Shafer-Haiss InstagramAll music written, performed, and produced by Aaron Shafer-Haiss. Become a subscribing member on our Patreon to gain more inside access including exclusive content, workshops, the chance to have your questions answered by our upcoming guests, and more.

On Friday, Beyoncé dropped “Cowboy Carter,” her highly anticipated salute to country music. The album sparked new conversations about the forces that define country music and about whether Beyoncé's turn to country could reshape the industry.Read more:Beyoncé's turn to country came from her personal experience of not feeling welcome at the 2016 CMA Awards. Beyoncé's album, “Cowboy Carter,” has reignited conversations about what country music is, who gets to define the country genre, and if this movie for Beyoncé helps to shape and expand the country genre for other Black artists. In this episode of “Post Reports,” we talk to Black country artist Rissi Palmer about her experience in the country music industry, the forces that define country music and what Beyonce's country music moment means for Black country artists. Today's show was produced by Peter Bresnan and Taylor White with help from Rennie Svirnovskiy. It was edited by Lucy Perkins and mixed by Sean Carter. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

Sarah Burke interviews musicologist, assistant professor and researcher Jada Watson. Jada shares her background in classical music and her transition to researching gender representation in the music industry. She talks about her published research, participating in a recent panel at CRS in Nashville (Country Radio Seminar) and the controversy surrounding Beyoncé song 'Texas Hold 'em.' She also shares surprising findings about the song and its impact on new listeners. The conversation then shifts to the lack of representation at festivals, particularly in headlining positions. The Ottawa Blues Fest lineup is examined as an example. Jada emphasizes the importance of actively supporting underrepresented artists through streaming, buying music, attending shows, and sharing their work. She also highlights the need for intersectional representation and creating safe spaces in the industry. Works discussed in this episode: Jada's reports: https://songdata.ca/radiodata/ The latest data: https://songdata.ca/2024/02/29/on-diversitea/ Research Jada is most proud of: Redlining in Country Music And this study on back-to-back airplay US Country Radio Research that launched all of this April 2019 study And the first research she did on Canadian Country Radio in September 2019 Jada Watson is an assistant professor of Digital Humanities in the School of Information Studies at the University of Ottawa. She also coordinates Digital Humanities programming for the Faculty of Arts. She has taught both in the School of Music and is the coordinator for the Digital Humanities program and her research reflects this intersection.  Principal Investigator of the SongData project, her research aims to harness the potential of music industry data to study how popular music genres form, develop and change over time. Centered on issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion in country music, her research focuses on interpreting the “Big Data” emerging from the popular music industry's efforts to track radio, streams, and sales (and ultimately capture revenue), in the current regulatory and media environment.   This research has been featured in national and international publications, as well as in media outlets such as Apple Country Radio's Color me Country with Rissi Palmer, the New York Times's Popcast, CBC's The National and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. Findings emerging from SongData projects have been cited as a major source in a report submitted to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in response to the National Association of Broadcasters' proposal to deregulate radio ownership, as well as in a Grammy Recording Academy report on inclusion and diversity in the music industry. In 2020, she was a research partner on CMT's EqualPlay initiative. Much of her research is available publicly via SongData.ca. She has written for various news outlets (including NBC's Think series, Nashville Scene, The Nashville Briefing, and Toronto Star) and has spoken to industry audiences at MusicBiz, SXSW, Triple A radio's NonCommvention, and Country Radio Seminar. Her work on representation in the industry also appears in Popular Music & Society, Popular Music History, and American Music Perspectives. She has chapters in several edited collections and is co-editor of Whose Country Music? Genre, Identity, and Belonging in Twenty-First Century Country Music Culture, a collection of essays on country music in the twenty-first century with Paula J. Bishop (Cambridge UP). Thanks to Organic Traditions for sponsoring the Women in Media Podcast! Head to www.organictraditions.com and use code womeninmedia20 for 20% off at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to another inspiring episode of Black Women Amplified, where we celebrate the stories and achievements of remarkable Black women making waves in various industries. Today, we delve into the dynamic world of country music with the trailblazing Rissi Palmer, an artist whose talent knows no bounds.Rissi Palmer is not just a country music artist; she's a powerhouse reshaping the landscape of the genre. With a career spanning over a decade, Rissi has made history and continues to pave the way for artists like her to thrive.Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Rissi's musical journey started early in life. Surrounded by a family that cherished both country and R&B music, Rissi's passion for storytelling through music blossomed. By the age of 19, she had already secured her first publishing and label deal, setting the stage for her remarkable career.In 2007, Rissi released her debut album, which featured chart-topping singles like "Country Girl," "Hold On To Me," and "No Air." Since then, she has independently released several projects, including a Christmas single, a children's album, and an EP titled The Back Porch Sessions. Her latest album, Revival, released in 2019, has been praised as her most personal and uplifting work to date.Rissi's impact extends beyond her music. She has graced prestigious stages such as The White House, New York's Lincoln Center, and the Grand Ole Opry, sharing her soul-stirring performances with audiences worldwide. Her advocacy for artists of color in country music led her to launch Color Me Country with Rissi Palmer, a groundbreaking radio show on Apple Music Country. Through this platform, she amplifies voices that are often sidelined in mainstream country music.One of Rissi's notable initiatives is the Color Me Country Artist Grant Fund, supporting emerging country artists of color. Additionally, she serves as a Special Correspondent for CMT's Hot 20 Countdown, showcasing the diverse talents and stories within the country music scene.Rissi Palmer's journey is a testament to resilience, creativity, and breaking barriers. Her unwavering commitment to inclusivity and representation has transformed the country music landscape, making space for new voices and narratives. Tune in to our conversation with Rissi Palmer as we explore her inspiring journey and the impact of her work on the music industry and beyond.Thank you for joining us on Black Women Amplified, where we continue to elevate and celebrate Black women's voices. Stay tuned for more empowering episodes and remember to amplify your voice and stories wherever you go.Support our Power Partner Vital Body:Feeling drained? Ready to start your vitality journey? Begin your day with a scoop of vegan-friendly nutrition from Vital Body. With 8 servings of fruits and veggies, vitamins, minerals, probiotics, and more, Vital Body is the perfect addition to your daily routine. From powder to capsules, they offer convenient options for every lifestyle. I've been using Vital Body for over 20 years and have seen remarkable results. Plus, they even have travel packets for when you're on the go.Use code "Monica20" at www.blackwomenamplified.com/vitalbody for an exclusive BWA discount of 20% off each order.Join our newsletter at www.blackwomenamplified.com/powerstory and receive a complimentary ebook, "5 Ways to Monetize Your Story," as a token of our gratitude.Visit BlackWomenAmplified.com to explore more inspiring content and read our latest blog posts.

The latest Beyoncé song, Texas Hold ‘Em, has topped the charts in the US and UK. More significantly, however, this is the first time a black woman has gone to No. 1 in the US country music charts, provoking several talking points about diversity within the country music genre. Host James Reynolds brings together three African American women in country music, including musician Rissi Palmer who first reached the country charts in 2007 and has had several hits since. And, three people involved in country music on three continents, in Argentina, Nigeria and Sweden, tell James about their love for country.

When Beyoncé released her latest single, Texas Hold 'Em, racist country fans came out of the woodwork to claim that the music wasn't "country" enough, touting that it's "white person's music", but little do they know that the origins of country music actually has Black roots. From Charley Pride, to Linda Martell, to Rissi Palmer, these Black country stars show the world that they belong in the genre. JOIN ME ON PATREON!! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeminist Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on?    Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.com Social media:     Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeminist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beyoncé's instant success on the country music charts has sparked a conversation about Black artists in the genre. Panama Jackson addressed this with country music artist Rissi Palmer last year. The pair had an enlightening conversation about what's needed to bridge the racial gap in country music, and discussed the repeated racist incidents Palmer has endured throughout her 20-plus years in the business. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rissi Palmer – celebrates the fourth season of her groundbreaking radio show, Color Me Country Radio with Rissi Palmer, on Apple Music Radio. Since its launch, the show has put a spotlight on contributions of artists of color who have been underrepresented in the country music genre. Rissi joins Tavis for a conversation about what listeners can expect this season and to discuss working on new music to be released later this year.

Imagine getting your dream job and immediately being scrutinized for your appearance; being asked to wear a wig that was nothing like your natural hair; being quizzed on obscure bits of the history of your field; being asked whether you took the job as a stepping stone to another one. Imagine getting lots of hate mail about the fact that you look different than everyone else with that job. What about being stopped by security when they did not believe that you were really supposed to be in front of people at your own event? Would you stay in that job? I would not. And neither did Rissi Palmer, at least for a time. Fortunately, she came back in a few years, and she has a remarkable tale to tell, which is reflected in her latest album, Revival. Palmer tells us about that comeback, which began in earnest with the 2020 debut of her Apple Music series Color Me Country Radio With Rissi Palmer; the love she has for her adopted hometown of Durham, NC; hints of what is to come in her next album, and much more in this episode which features excerpts of her music both live and on album. Rissi Palmer performs at Earl Scruggs Music Festival 09-03-23 (photo: Joe Kendrick) Songs heard in this episode:“Seeds” by Rissi Palmer, from Revival“I'm Still Here” by Rissi Palmer feat. Miko Marks, excerpt “Summerville” by Rissi Palmer, live at Albino Skunk Music Festival 05-12-23“Speak On It” by Rissi Palmer, from Revival Thank you for visiting us and giving this podcast a listen! This series is a part of the lineup of both public radio WNCW and Osiris Media, with all of the Osiris shows available here. You can also hear new episodes on Bluegrass Planet Radio here. Thanks to Corrie Askew for producing the radio adaptations of this series on public radio WNCW, and to Joshua Meng, who wrote and performed out theme songs.This is Southern Songs and Stories: the music of the South and the artists who make it. - Joe Kendrick

Panama Jackson has an enlightening conversation with country music artist Rissi Palmer about what's needed to bridge the racial gap in country music. The pair also discuss the repeated racist incidents Palmer has been forced to endure and the concerted effort underway to erase Black musician's contributions to the genre.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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When Rissi Palmer released her debut single "Country Girl" in 2007, she became the first black woman in 20 years to have a song on the Billboard Hot Country chart in 20 years. Little did she know that a decade and a half later, she would use her platform and experience in Nashville to be a champion for people of color in that space. Now the host of Color Me Country with Rissi Palmer on Apple Music, a CMT correspondent, among many other things Rissi is involved in, she has just put out a three-song EP aptly titled Still Here, and joins Carmel Holt for an in-depth conversation about her journey, the state of diversity and inclusion in Nashville, and the necessity of what she calls "ego death". 

Join Jennie Longdon backstage at The Long Road Festival at Stanford Hall, Leicestershire, as she catches up with some of country music's most exciting stars... Rissi Palmer shares how she feels to be back at the festival and talks about the incredible up and coming artists she has brought along this year.

Rissi Palmer and Miko Marks have been laying the foundation for country musicians and fans who are Black for almost 20 years. Back in the early 2000's both women experienced the trials and tribulations of being Black women in country. Despite their success and large growing fanbase, both were separately discouraged by the ceilings and roadblocks they encountered from the white-dominated industry. Even though they nearly quit music, they discovered a deep and meaningful ally and friend in each other. Now, both are back in the spotlight in a different era that has seen a rise of Black musicians and The Black Opry in Nashville. Recently, Rissi and Miko have been touring together and we got them both on to talk about their parallel experiences, friendship and what they've been up to recently. It was a sincere honor and a blast to speak with these inspiring women.This month The Bluegrass Situation is highlighting The Black Opry as their artist of the month. Basic Folk, a part of The Bluegrass Situation Podcast Network, is proud to present this episode in collaboration with our BGS motherhost. Follow Basic Folk on social media: https://basicfolk.bio.link/Sign up for Basic Folk's newsletter: https://bit.ly/basicfolknewsHelp produce Basic Folk by contributing: https://basicfolk.com/donate/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

As Dear Culture continues to celebrate Black Music Month, host Panama Jackson has an enlightening conversation with country music artist Rissi Palmer. The pair talk about the repeated racist incidents Palmer has been forced to endure and discuss what's needed to bridge the racial gap in country music, something she's working towards with her Apple Music Radio show "Color Me Country." Palmer also shares the stories of Black musicians who helped the pioneers of country music find their sound and gives historical detail about the efforts to erase their contributions from the genre.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PLAYLIST Pacific St Blues & AmericanaJune 4, 2023Revisit today's show, and our archives at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/KIWRblues.com 1. Muddy Waters / You Need Love2. Muddy Waters / Rollin' Stone3. Keb Mo / What's Happening Brother4. Taj Mahal / Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me5. Shaun Murphy / Linger a Little Longer6. Norah Jones / Cold, Cold Heart 7. Selwyn Birchwood / Florida Man 8. GA 20 / Fairweather Friend 9. Shemekia Copeland w/ KW Shepherd, Robert Randolph / Hit 'Em Back 10. Robert Cray / Smokin' Gun 11. Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Ballad of a Thin Man 12. Sunney Sweeney, Miko Marks, Rissi Palmer, Tami Nelson / Don' Think Twice13. Blue House and the Rent to Own Horns / I Go Crazy14. Red and the Revelers / Shattered Lives15. Teresa James and the Tythmn Tramps (feat Lee Roy Parnell) / Things Ain't Like That 16. Lee Roy Parnell / Daddys and Daughters 17. Derek and the Dominoes / Got to Get Better in a Little While 18. Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa / Nutbush City Limits

The two country music veterans talk about navigating the industry and how they became friends.

You're in for a treat! Today on Black Women Amplified, we have an extraordinary guest. Please join me in welcoming the talented Rissi Palmer to the show.Rissi's musical journey has been nothing short of remarkable. With a career spanning over a decade, she has cemented her place in the country music scene, exploring and integrating other genres into her music, creating a unique sound she calls "Southern Soul."She released her self-titled debut album in 2007, which featured chart-topping singles such as "Country Girl," "Hold On To Me," and "No Air." Since then, she has independently released a Christmas single, a children's album called Best Day Ever, an EP titled The Back Porch Sessions, and her most recent album, Revival, which has received critical acclaim for its personal and uplifting message.Throughout her career, Rissi has performed at iconic venues like The White House and Lincoln Center and has shared stages with music legends such as The Eagles and Taylor Swift. She has also been featured in numerous publications like Essence, Huffington Post, New York Times, Rolling Stone, and The Wall Street Journal, to name a few.In addition to her successful music career, Rissi is also a passionate advocate for diversity in country music. She hosts her own radio show, Color Me Country with Rissi Palmer, which features in-depth conversations with artists of color who have been marginalized in the industry. Rissi has also established the Color Me Country Artist Grant Fund, which provides financial support to new country artists of color.As a special correspondent for CMT's Hot 20 Countdown, Rissi continues to share her insights and experiences with a wider audience.Get ready to be inspired by Rissi's story of resilience and triumph. This is an episode of Black Women Amplified you won't want to miss!For more information on Rissi Palmer, visit RissiPalmerMusic.com.Thank you for listening! Please share with your tribe and leave us a great review. Appreciate it!Please support our Power Partners:Buddha Tea: Rich delicious tea with soothing properties perfect for your self-care experience.www.BuddhaTeas.comPodia is an all-in-one platform that allows you to create a website, sales pages, email marketing, a newsletter, and more for one affordable price. You can even start for free. Try PodiaVital Body is a nutrient company that I have used for over 15 years. They have an incredible product called Vital Fruits and Vegetables that contains amazing ingredients, enzymes, probiotics, and greens with no added sugar. My clients love it as well. www.vitalbody.comThey are offering our tribe 20% off when you use the code: OY2N2GLV5AInterested in Black Women Amplified Gear? Go to www.blackwomenamplifed.com/shop to see our signature merchandise. Thank you for supporting our power partners. They help keep the show going. I appreciate it. Monica Wisdom

GUEST:  Country music recording star and Grammy-nominated singer Rissi Palmer Rissi chats about her upcoming appearance on the award-winning PBS series American Masters. Tony Award–winning actress and singer Audra McDonald hosts the broadcast premiere of American Masters: In the Making, which features two films focused on two barrier–breaking musicians: opera singer J'Nai Bridges and country artist Rissi Palmer. The broadcast premieres on Friday, March 24 at 9 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS, pbs.org/americanmasters and the PBS App.  Grammy–nominated country artist and radio host Rissi Ms. Palmer redefines success as she works on her latest album while uplifting other artists of color in the Americana genres. (Rissi Palmer photo by: Chris Charles) YouTube trailer for Rissi Palmer: Still Here: https://youtu.be/miAp6x6K_kM  

Last season, I did an episode with Dr. Peter LaChapelle about the history of country music and how/when, and why it transitioned from being the music of the working class and poor to being the music of right-wing conservatism. In that episode, we also talked about the history of African influence in country music – which made me wonder why there are so few voices in country music. he told me about Black Opry – an outfit aimed at lifting up and spotlighting black artists in the country music industry. When I think of black musicians in contemporary country music – folks like Charley Pride, Aaron Neville to some degree, and more recently Darius Rucker and Mickey Guyton come to mind. And, that's almost it. When you think of what a juggernaut the country music industry is, how much money it generates, and how many musicians represent the genre – the sheer absence of black artists (and corporate leaders) is kinda shocking. And, especially so, when you consider the fact that country music has roots in Africa and the African American experience.  But, it turns out, this state of affairs is not for lack of black country artists or folks telling their stories or people making space for black voices to be heard at all levels of the country music industry. One of the the projects that Dr. LaChapelle brought to my attention is Black Opry – an outfit aimed at lifting up, spotlighting, and supporting black artists in the country music industry.  So, today, I actually have three guests – and I'm super excited about all of them. I'm talking to the founder and co-director of Black Opry – Holly G. And, I'm also talking to two Black Opry affiliated musicians – Julie Williams and Tae Lewis, both traveling with the Black Opry Revue and both musicians that I'm really into. We talk about how and why Black Opry came to be, some barriers that black performers encounter in the country music industry, how Black Opry provides a space for black country artists to flourish, some projects Black Opry is creating and supporting, and what comes next for Black Opry and for the musicians. Mentioned:Rissi PalmerEmily Scott RobinsonRecommended:Black OpryTae Lewis Julie Williams-------------------------Follow Deep Dive:InstagramPost.newsYouTube Email: deepdivewithshawn@gmail.com **Artwork: Dovi Design **Music: Joystock

It was only two decades ago, but, for the women of country music, 1999 seems like an entirely different universe. With Shania Twain, country's biggest award winner and star, and The Chicks topping every chart, country music was a woman's world: specifically, country radio and Nashville's Music Row. Cut to 2021, when women are only played on country radio 16% of the time, on a good day, and when only men have won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards for a decade. To a world where artists like Kacey Musgraves sell out arenas but barely score a single second of airplay. But also to a world where these women are infinitely bigger live draws than most male counterparts, having massive pop crossover hits like Maren Morris's "The Middle," pushing the industry to confront its deeply embedded racial biases with Mickey Guyton's "Black Like Me," winning heaps of Grammy nominations, banding up in supergroups like The Highwomen and taking complete control of their own careers, on their own terms. When the rules stopped working for the women of country music, they threw them out and made their own: and changed the genre forever, and for better. Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be (Henry Holt, 2022) is veteran Nashville journalist Marissa R. Moss's story of how in the past two decades, country's women fought back against systems designed to keep them down, armed with their art and never willing to just shut up and sing: how women like Kacey, Mickey, Maren, The Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Rissi Palmer, Brandy Clark, LeAnn Rimes, Brandi Carlile, Margo Price and many more have reinvented the rules to find their place in an industry stacked against them, how they've ruled the century when it comes to artistic output--and about how women can and do belong in the mainstream of country music, even if their voices aren't being heard as loudly. Marissa R. Moss is an award-winning journalist who has written about the topic of gender inequality on the country airwaves for outlets like Rolling Stone, NPR, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, and many more. Moss was the 2018 recipient of the Rolling Stone Chet Flippo Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism, and the 2019 Nashville Scene Best of Nashville Best Music Reporter. She has been a guest on The TODAY Show, Entertainment Tonight, CBS Morning Show, NPR's Weekend Edition, WPLN, the Pop Literacy Podcast, and more. Marissa R. Moss on Twitter. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America. He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM, serves as a co-chair of the associate board at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and volunteers in the music archive at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Bradley Morgan on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

It was only two decades ago, but, for the women of country music, 1999 seems like an entirely different universe. With Shania Twain, country's biggest award winner and star, and The Chicks topping every chart, country music was a woman's world: specifically, country radio and Nashville's Music Row. Cut to 2021, when women are only played on country radio 16% of the time, on a good day, and when only men have won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards for a decade. To a world where artists like Kacey Musgraves sell out arenas but barely score a single second of airplay. But also to a world where these women are infinitely bigger live draws than most male counterparts, having massive pop crossover hits like Maren Morris's "The Middle," pushing the industry to confront its deeply embedded racial biases with Mickey Guyton's "Black Like Me," winning heaps of Grammy nominations, banding up in supergroups like The Highwomen and taking complete control of their own careers, on their own terms. When the rules stopped working for the women of country music, they threw them out and made their own: and changed the genre forever, and for better. Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be (Henry Holt, 2022) is veteran Nashville journalist Marissa R. Moss's story of how in the past two decades, country's women fought back against systems designed to keep them down, armed with their art and never willing to just shut up and sing: how women like Kacey, Mickey, Maren, The Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Rissi Palmer, Brandy Clark, LeAnn Rimes, Brandi Carlile, Margo Price and many more have reinvented the rules to find their place in an industry stacked against them, how they've ruled the century when it comes to artistic output--and about how women can and do belong in the mainstream of country music, even if their voices aren't being heard as loudly. Marissa R. Moss is an award-winning journalist who has written about the topic of gender inequality on the country airwaves for outlets like Rolling Stone, NPR, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, and many more. Moss was the 2018 recipient of the Rolling Stone Chet Flippo Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism, and the 2019 Nashville Scene Best of Nashville Best Music Reporter. She has been a guest on The TODAY Show, Entertainment Tonight, CBS Morning Show, NPR's Weekend Edition, WPLN, the Pop Literacy Podcast, and more. Marissa R. Moss on Twitter. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America. He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM, serves as a co-chair of the associate board at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and volunteers in the music archive at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Bradley Morgan on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

It was only two decades ago, but, for the women of country music, 1999 seems like an entirely different universe. With Shania Twain, country's biggest award winner and star, and The Chicks topping every chart, country music was a woman's world: specifically, country radio and Nashville's Music Row. Cut to 2021, when women are only played on country radio 16% of the time, on a good day, and when only men have won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards for a decade. To a world where artists like Kacey Musgraves sell out arenas but barely score a single second of airplay. But also to a world where these women are infinitely bigger live draws than most male counterparts, having massive pop crossover hits like Maren Morris's "The Middle," pushing the industry to confront its deeply embedded racial biases with Mickey Guyton's "Black Like Me," winning heaps of Grammy nominations, banding up in supergroups like The Highwomen and taking complete control of their own careers, on their own terms. When the rules stopped working for the women of country music, they threw them out and made their own: and changed the genre forever, and for better. Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be (Henry Holt, 2022) is veteran Nashville journalist Marissa R. Moss's story of how in the past two decades, country's women fought back against systems designed to keep them down, armed with their art and never willing to just shut up and sing: how women like Kacey, Mickey, Maren, The Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Rissi Palmer, Brandy Clark, LeAnn Rimes, Brandi Carlile, Margo Price and many more have reinvented the rules to find their place in an industry stacked against them, how they've ruled the century when it comes to artistic output--and about how women can and do belong in the mainstream of country music, even if their voices aren't being heard as loudly. Marissa R. Moss is an award-winning journalist who has written about the topic of gender inequality on the country airwaves for outlets like Rolling Stone, NPR, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, and many more. Moss was the 2018 recipient of the Rolling Stone Chet Flippo Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism, and the 2019 Nashville Scene Best of Nashville Best Music Reporter. She has been a guest on The TODAY Show, Entertainment Tonight, CBS Morning Show, NPR's Weekend Edition, WPLN, the Pop Literacy Podcast, and more. Marissa R. Moss on Twitter. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America. He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM, serves as a co-chair of the associate board at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and volunteers in the music archive at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Bradley Morgan on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

It was only two decades ago, but, for the women of country music, 1999 seems like an entirely different universe. With Shania Twain, country's biggest award winner and star, and The Chicks topping every chart, country music was a woman's world: specifically, country radio and Nashville's Music Row. Cut to 2021, when women are only played on country radio 16% of the time, on a good day, and when only men have won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards for a decade. To a world where artists like Kacey Musgraves sell out arenas but barely score a single second of airplay. But also to a world where these women are infinitely bigger live draws than most male counterparts, having massive pop crossover hits like Maren Morris's "The Middle," pushing the industry to confront its deeply embedded racial biases with Mickey Guyton's "Black Like Me," winning heaps of Grammy nominations, banding up in supergroups like The Highwomen and taking complete control of their own careers, on their own terms. When the rules stopped working for the women of country music, they threw them out and made their own: and changed the genre forever, and for better. Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be (Henry Holt, 2022) is veteran Nashville journalist Marissa R. Moss's story of how in the past two decades, country's women fought back against systems designed to keep them down, armed with their art and never willing to just shut up and sing: how women like Kacey, Mickey, Maren, The Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Rissi Palmer, Brandy Clark, LeAnn Rimes, Brandi Carlile, Margo Price and many more have reinvented the rules to find their place in an industry stacked against them, how they've ruled the century when it comes to artistic output--and about how women can and do belong in the mainstream of country music, even if their voices aren't being heard as loudly. Marissa R. Moss is an award-winning journalist who has written about the topic of gender inequality on the country airwaves for outlets like Rolling Stone, NPR, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, and many more. Moss was the 2018 recipient of the Rolling Stone Chet Flippo Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism, and the 2019 Nashville Scene Best of Nashville Best Music Reporter. She has been a guest on The TODAY Show, Entertainment Tonight, CBS Morning Show, NPR's Weekend Edition, WPLN, the Pop Literacy Podcast, and more. Marissa R. Moss on Twitter. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America. He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM, serves as a co-chair of the associate board at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and volunteers in the music archive at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Bradley Morgan on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

It was only two decades ago, but, for the women of country music, 1999 seems like an entirely different universe. With Shania Twain, country's biggest award winner and star, and The Chicks topping every chart, country music was a woman's world: specifically, country radio and Nashville's Music Row. Cut to 2021, when women are only played on country radio 16% of the time, on a good day, and when only men have won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards for a decade. To a world where artists like Kacey Musgraves sell out arenas but barely score a single second of airplay. But also to a world where these women are infinitely bigger live draws than most male counterparts, having massive pop crossover hits like Maren Morris's "The Middle," pushing the industry to confront its deeply embedded racial biases with Mickey Guyton's "Black Like Me," winning heaps of Grammy nominations, banding up in supergroups like The Highwomen and taking complete control of their own careers, on their own terms. When the rules stopped working for the women of country music, they threw them out and made their own: and changed the genre forever, and for better. Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be (Henry Holt, 2022) is veteran Nashville journalist Marissa R. Moss's story of how in the past two decades, country's women fought back against systems designed to keep them down, armed with their art and never willing to just shut up and sing: how women like Kacey, Mickey, Maren, The Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Rissi Palmer, Brandy Clark, LeAnn Rimes, Brandi Carlile, Margo Price and many more have reinvented the rules to find their place in an industry stacked against them, how they've ruled the century when it comes to artistic output--and about how women can and do belong in the mainstream of country music, even if their voices aren't being heard as loudly. Marissa R. Moss is an award-winning journalist who has written about the topic of gender inequality on the country airwaves for outlets like Rolling Stone, NPR, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, and many more. Moss was the 2018 recipient of the Rolling Stone Chet Flippo Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism, and the 2019 Nashville Scene Best of Nashville Best Music Reporter. She has been a guest on The TODAY Show, Entertainment Tonight, CBS Morning Show, NPR's Weekend Edition, WPLN, the Pop Literacy Podcast, and more. Marissa R. Moss on Twitter. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America. He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM, serves as a co-chair of the associate board at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and volunteers in the music archive at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Bradley Morgan on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

It was only two decades ago, but, for the women of country music, 1999 seems like an entirely different universe. With Shania Twain, country's biggest award winner and star, and The Chicks topping every chart, country music was a woman's world: specifically, country radio and Nashville's Music Row. Cut to 2021, when women are only played on country radio 16% of the time, on a good day, and when only men have won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards for a decade. To a world where artists like Kacey Musgraves sell out arenas but barely score a single second of airplay. But also to a world where these women are infinitely bigger live draws than most male counterparts, having massive pop crossover hits like Maren Morris's "The Middle," pushing the industry to confront its deeply embedded racial biases with Mickey Guyton's "Black Like Me," winning heaps of Grammy nominations, banding up in supergroups like The Highwomen and taking complete control of their own careers, on their own terms. When the rules stopped working for the women of country music, they threw them out and made their own: and changed the genre forever, and for better. Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be (Henry Holt, 2022) is veteran Nashville journalist Marissa R. Moss's story of how in the past two decades, country's women fought back against systems designed to keep them down, armed with their art and never willing to just shut up and sing: how women like Kacey, Mickey, Maren, The Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Rissi Palmer, Brandy Clark, LeAnn Rimes, Brandi Carlile, Margo Price and many more have reinvented the rules to find their place in an industry stacked against them, how they've ruled the century when it comes to artistic output--and about how women can and do belong in the mainstream of country music, even if their voices aren't being heard as loudly. Marissa R. Moss is an award-winning journalist who has written about the topic of gender inequality on the country airwaves for outlets like Rolling Stone, NPR, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, and many more. Moss was the 2018 recipient of the Rolling Stone Chet Flippo Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism, and the 2019 Nashville Scene Best of Nashville Best Music Reporter. She has been a guest on The TODAY Show, Entertainment Tonight, CBS Morning Show, NPR's Weekend Edition, WPLN, the Pop Literacy Podcast, and more. Marissa R. Moss on Twitter. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America. He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM, serves as a co-chair of the associate board at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and volunteers in the music archive at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Bradley Morgan on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music

It was only two decades ago, but, for the women of country music, 1999 seems like an entirely different universe. With Shania Twain, country's biggest award winner and star, and The Chicks topping every chart, country music was a woman's world: specifically, country radio and Nashville's Music Row. Cut to 2021, when women are only played on country radio 16% of the time, on a good day, and when only men have won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards for a decade. To a world where artists like Kacey Musgraves sell out arenas but barely score a single second of airplay. But also to a world where these women are infinitely bigger live draws than most male counterparts, having massive pop crossover hits like Maren Morris's "The Middle," pushing the industry to confront its deeply embedded racial biases with Mickey Guyton's "Black Like Me," winning heaps of Grammy nominations, banding up in supergroups like The Highwomen and taking complete control of their own careers, on their own terms. When the rules stopped working for the women of country music, they threw them out and made their own: and changed the genre forever, and for better. Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be (Henry Holt, 2022) is veteran Nashville journalist Marissa R. Moss's story of how in the past two decades, country's women fought back against systems designed to keep them down, armed with their art and never willing to just shut up and sing: how women like Kacey, Mickey, Maren, The Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Rissi Palmer, Brandy Clark, LeAnn Rimes, Brandi Carlile, Margo Price and many more have reinvented the rules to find their place in an industry stacked against them, how they've ruled the century when it comes to artistic output--and about how women can and do belong in the mainstream of country music, even if their voices aren't being heard as loudly. Marissa R. Moss is an award-winning journalist who has written about the topic of gender inequality on the country airwaves for outlets like Rolling Stone, NPR, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, and many more. Moss was the 2018 recipient of the Rolling Stone Chet Flippo Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism, and the 2019 Nashville Scene Best of Nashville Best Music Reporter. She has been a guest on The TODAY Show, Entertainment Tonight, CBS Morning Show, NPR's Weekend Edition, WPLN, the Pop Literacy Podcast, and more. Marissa R. Moss on Twitter. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America. He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM, serves as a co-chair of the associate board at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and volunteers in the music archive at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Bradley Morgan on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was only two decades ago, but, for the women of country music, 1999 seems like an entirely different universe. With Shania Twain, country's biggest award winner and star, and The Chicks topping every chart, country music was a woman's world: specifically, country radio and Nashville's Music Row. Cut to 2021, when women are only played on country radio 16% of the time, on a good day, and when only men have won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards for a decade. To a world where artists like Kacey Musgraves sell out arenas but barely score a single second of airplay. But also to a world where these women are infinitely bigger live draws than most male counterparts, having massive pop crossover hits like Maren Morris's "The Middle," pushing the industry to confront its deeply embedded racial biases with Mickey Guyton's "Black Like Me," winning heaps of Grammy nominations, banding up in supergroups like The Highwomen and taking complete control of their own careers, on their own terms. When the rules stopped working for the women of country music, they threw them out and made their own: and changed the genre forever, and for better. Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be (Henry Holt, 2022) is veteran Nashville journalist Marissa R. Moss's story of how in the past two decades, country's women fought back against systems designed to keep them down, armed with their art and never willing to just shut up and sing: how women like Kacey, Mickey, Maren, The Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Rissi Palmer, Brandy Clark, LeAnn Rimes, Brandi Carlile, Margo Price and many more have reinvented the rules to find their place in an industry stacked against them, how they've ruled the century when it comes to artistic output--and about how women can and do belong in the mainstream of country music, even if their voices aren't being heard as loudly. Marissa R. Moss is an award-winning journalist who has written about the topic of gender inequality on the country airwaves for outlets like Rolling Stone, NPR, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, and many more. Moss was the 2018 recipient of the Rolling Stone Chet Flippo Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism, and the 2019 Nashville Scene Best of Nashville Best Music Reporter. She has been a guest on The TODAY Show, Entertainment Tonight, CBS Morning Show, NPR's Weekend Edition, WPLN, the Pop Literacy Podcast, and more. Marissa R. Moss on Twitter. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America. He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM, serves as a co-chair of the associate board at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and volunteers in the music archive at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Bradley Morgan on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-south

It was only two decades ago, but, for the women of country music, 1999 seems like an entirely different universe. With Shania Twain, country's biggest award winner and star, and The Chicks topping every chart, country music was a woman's world: specifically, country radio and Nashville's Music Row. Cut to 2021, when women are only played on country radio 16% of the time, on a good day, and when only men have won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards for a decade. To a world where artists like Kacey Musgraves sell out arenas but barely score a single second of airplay. But also to a world where these women are infinitely bigger live draws than most male counterparts, having massive pop crossover hits like Maren Morris's "The Middle," pushing the industry to confront its deeply embedded racial biases with Mickey Guyton's "Black Like Me," winning heaps of Grammy nominations, banding up in supergroups like The Highwomen and taking complete control of their own careers, on their own terms. When the rules stopped working for the women of country music, they threw them out and made their own: and changed the genre forever, and for better. Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be (Henry Holt, 2022) is veteran Nashville journalist Marissa R. Moss's story of how in the past two decades, country's women fought back against systems designed to keep them down, armed with their art and never willing to just shut up and sing: how women like Kacey, Mickey, Maren, The Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Rissi Palmer, Brandy Clark, LeAnn Rimes, Brandi Carlile, Margo Price and many more have reinvented the rules to find their place in an industry stacked against them, how they've ruled the century when it comes to artistic output--and about how women can and do belong in the mainstream of country music, even if their voices aren't being heard as loudly. Marissa R. Moss is an award-winning journalist who has written about the topic of gender inequality on the country airwaves for outlets like Rolling Stone, NPR, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, and many more. Moss was the 2018 recipient of the Rolling Stone Chet Flippo Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism, and the 2019 Nashville Scene Best of Nashville Best Music Reporter. She has been a guest on The TODAY Show, Entertainment Tonight, CBS Morning Show, NPR's Weekend Edition, WPLN, the Pop Literacy Podcast, and more. Marissa R. Moss on Twitter. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America. He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM, serves as a co-chair of the associate board at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and volunteers in the music archive at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Bradley Morgan on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture

In a special episode recorded backstage at The Long Road Festival, Jennie Longdon catches up with Rissi Palmer about her Colour Me Country brand, and what it's like being a woman in country music.

Caitlin's farm is home to a lot of bugs, but one she won't tolerate is a litter bug! Trash can be harmful to horses if it's left lying around, so she and Man Man get right to their daily cleanup chores. Their hard work is rewarded when our friend Taj stops by with the book “Smile Bright Chocolate Prince.” Want to read along with the story featured in this episode? “Smile Bright Chocolate Prince” by Sherrita Berry-Pettus is available here. We also encourage you to check your local, independent bookstore or library to see if this book is a part of their collection. Check out the music video for our theme song by Rissi Palmer at storystables.com.

Hoof-cleaning is a very necessary part of Man Man's beauty regiment. Caitlin demonstrates how she uses a special tool to remove all kinds of stuff from the farm that can get trapped in her bestie's hooves. Plus, our friend Zora drops by with the book “Your Own Kind of Beautiful!” Want to read along with the story featured in this episode? “Your Own Kind of Beautiful!” by Tamara Pray Frazier, illustrated by J'Aaron Merchant is available here. We also encourage you to check your local, independent bookstore or library to see if this book is a part of their collection. See photos of Man Man and Caitlin on the farm and check out the music video for our theme song by Rissi Palmer at storystables.com.

This episode was recorded on April 24th, 2022 at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. The lineup includes Rissi Palmer, Cheryl Wheeler, Maia Sharp, Joslyn & The Sweet Compression, and Kenny White. Podcast support is provided by Digital Relativity. https://bit.ly/3yKZs96

Durham, North Carolina - a city that blossomed out of the tobacco industry and was originally fueled by manufacturing - has gone through many phases. Today its factories house performing arts centers and bougie lofts, but this place has just as long and varied a musical history going back a century or more. Then and now, it's been a center for jazz, hip-hop, Americana country-rock and most of all, Piedmont blues.Back when Durham was becoming known as the Bull City, its soundtrack was Piedmont blues as played by giants like Blind Boy Fuller, Reverend Gary Davis, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. In the 1920s and ‘30s, factory workers made up the audience for blues and other developing styles of music. Now, tech workers and college students flock to the city's many venues.It's a long way from the city's early days, but also still rife with change; battles over segregation have evolved into disputes over gentrification. But what hasn't changed is that it remains a great music town, one that draws both artists and fans alike.In this episode, we explore the phases of Durham's past, present and future with guests who call it home, like Bluegrass Hall of Famer Alice Gerrard, country singer Rissi Palmer, Hiss Golden Messenger's M.C. Taylor, Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon, and more.Subscribe to Carolina Calling to follow along as we journey across the Old North State, visiting towns like Wilmington, Greensboro, Shelby, Asheville, and more. Brought to you by The Bluegrass Situation and Come Hear NCCove photo courtesy of Discover DurhamAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Holly G has been quite busy during the pandemic times — she created the Black Opry in April 2020, while the rest of us were still wiping down our groceries. With a goal of inviting everyone sitting outside the traditional Nashville music table, the Black Opry has taken off, from New York to an upcoming Nashville show in December.  Holly G discusses her favorite one hit wonder with Sloane Spencer, and shares an unlikely history of how Linda Martell came to record her one hit wonder, “Color Me Father.” Plus, they discuss the politics of country music in a musical scene where some got unfairly pushed aside over the years, and how the Black Opry hopes to diversify Nashville in short order.  List of links The Black Opry Black Opry on Twitter   Linda Martell Rolling Stone feature on Linda Martell Linda Martell's CMT award coverage in the Tennessean Plantation Records Shelby Singleton “Color Him Father” by Linda Martell   Documentary by her granddaughter Marquita Thompson   Grand Ole Opry   Hee Haw  Linda Martell on Hee Haw  Original “Color Him Father” by the Winstons   The Amen Break by the Winstons, most sampled drum break in music   The vocal version of “Amen” (similar to what Sloane Spencer grew up singing in church in Atlanta) “Amen Brother” by the Winstons Carolina Beach Music   Richard Lewis Spencer   Curtis Mayfield   Otis Redding   Frankie Staton  Black Opry Revue in NYC   Black Country Music Association article in Rolling Stone  Black Country Music Association's old Blogspot site Exit/In Black Opry Revue show What is a songwriters' round?   Jewly Hight's NPR piece on AmericanaFest Black Opry House  AmericanaFest music conference and festival  Cam  Maren Morris  Leslie Fram at CMT   Darius Rucker   Jimmie Allen   UMG Nashville Cindy Mabe — the record label exec's letter regarding Mickey Guyton, 2021 (full text at the bottom of the article) Music mentions Rissi Palmer's  Color Me Country Lizzie No (who is a guest on our other podcast, Bubble Bottles)  Mickey Guyton  Miko Marks   Brittney Spencer   Reyna Roberts  Extras Listen to One Hit Wonders on Spotify! Check out our Patreon bonus episode featuring Charley Crockett's cover of Billy Swan's “I Can Help”   Don't forget to give One Hit History a five star rating!  Transcript [00:00:00] Sloane: Hey, y'all, this is Sloane Spencer, and you found us at One Hit History. You might know me as the founder of the pioneering long form Americana podcast called Country Fried Rock, which these days is really just sort of my online Twitter persona. One Hit History asks music people, “What's your favorite one hit wonder?” [00:00:19] This has been my favorite backstage conversation for nearly 25 years. It always brings up incredible deep conversation and connections with music. It's a nice short story because the person that we're chatting with today, I found via Twitter, which has the great retweet feature and amplifies incredibly important content -- sometimes. [00:00:41] And I got lucky with this one. We're chatting with Holly G of Black Opry. Gonna have Holly tell you more about what they have going on these days. And if you're not already following them, stop by BlackOpry.com. [00:00:53] Tell me what you're up to these days.  [00:00:56] Holly G: Yeah, I just started Black Opry actually in April of this [00:01:00] year. Is it still 2020? Yeah. And everything kind of like spiraled out of control in the best way. I had all these plans, like two or three years down the road, and everything that I had planned for so far away has begun to happen. We just did AmericanaFest back in September and we rented a house and we invited everybody that was a Black person in country, music, BiPOC, queer people, anybody that was sitting on the outside of the Nashville table. [00:01:25] We invited everybody over and everybody jammed out,

Pierce Freelon joins the show to talk about all the different ways that he is positively impacting his community and his song about creating consent culture called My Body.  The song features Rissi Palmer.Find the Song at: Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/track/02ONCRxmmwwtA12WXhye1J?si=1b924da91d504c1c iTunes/Apple Musichttps://music.apple.com/us/album/my-body-feat-rissi-palmer/1521572400?i=1521572401 My Body has been added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Spotify playlist.  Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Playlist on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5TOwB9JN1IsOznSEjk4EKs?si=224bca5b2ca94c7e YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/pfreelon

Rissi Palmer is an American country music artist. Palmer debuted in 2007 with the single "Country Girl", which made her the first African-American woman to chart a country song since Dona Mason in 1987. Rissi sits down with Dear Music City Podcast host Brian and Kortney to talk about her experience in Music City.

Wanna know how to completely disrupt a genre of music and art? This week, Matt Gottesman @mattgottesman sits down with Rissi Palmer (Singer, Song Writer, Host of Color Me Country Radio) and they go all in on knowing what's in your heart from a very early age, being exposed to a lot of different types of music and art, taking risks on what feels right, combining country and R&B influence, taking on Nashville and the country music genre, saying no along the way, understanding that sometimes a ‘no' is a ‘not yet', bringing more diversity across music genres, opening up conversations that matter, constantly evolving and personal self-development, creating Color Me Country Radio and a fund to help artists expand and much more…   0:01:40 Meet Rissi Palmer, here to share her diverse experience as a country and R&B artist! 0:05:50 If all music was suddenly gone and you could only save three albums to listen to, which ones would they be? 0:07:30 Name an influential person, living or nonliving, who you would want to interact with. 0:10:35 In your opinion, what is the best music-focused film for you? 0:13:20 What is an important book, podcast, Audible, or platform that has helped you to navigate your creativity and passion? 0:17:50 What was the entrance point into music for you? 0:22:45 What stopped you from taking some of the offers you received? 0:24:25 Taking a closer look at rejection and what “no” could mean. 0:26:35 Finding your purpose and your path in life. 0:30:20 Why should we learn to let go of control? 0:32:15 What do you feel most excited about that is currently upcoming and changing in the country music industry? 0:38:50 How has artist transparency broken down old systems? 0:41:50 The good and bad of social media (what makes social media a necessary evil). 0:45:30 What is the power of collectivity? What are some of the issues it can have? 0:48:00 What is the problem with fame and giving platforms to people who are still damaged and unhealed? 0:50:00 Breaking down the glorification around fame. 0:53:10 What do you have coming up? 0:57:35 How is music tied to our souls? 1:01:35 Where can everyone connect with you? 1:04:10 Rissi's parting advice. FEATURED GUEST: Rissi Palmer Instagram: https://instagram.com/rissipalmermusic  Website: https://rissipalmermusic.com  Charity: https://colormecountryradio.com    OUR HOST: Matt Gottesman Instagram: https://instagram.com/mattgottesman   FOLLOW US: YouTube | https://bit.ly/OrloveUTC  Facebook | https://bit.ly/2T9Q1ur  Instagram | https://bit.ly/2Z5nN7N Website | https://bit.ly/2zA5yNc  Website | https://bit.ly/2zA5yNc 

Ubuntu Peoples Podcast, Ep #83-Rissi Palmer: Detours, Revival & Color Me Country In 2007, country singer Rissi Palmer became the first Black female with a song on the charts in 20 yrs with her hit Country Girl. The fame and notoriety that followed was the culmination of years of hard work and faith. But the country music business didn't know what to do with a Black woman. Rissi felt like her color was a problem to the solved by industry folk who never saw her. A prolonged court battle with her label, having to work retail for minimum wage, moving back home with her family, finding solace at the bottom of a bottle; it's the lyrics country songs are made of for a woman who's now going through revival. After a detour, a spiral, love, marriage, leaving Nashville, two kids and now a new show called Color Me Country on Apple Music Country, Rissi Palmer is where she wanted to be: an important voice in country music. https://rissipalmermusic.com/ TOPICS 01:45... Return to the Grand Ole Opry after 13 yrs, Musical Influences, Summerville 07:10... Not seeing Black folk in country, Being discovered, Life in St. Louis, Nelly and Hip Hop, Team 11 17:00... Saying no to a record deal with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Shut out from the industry for 7 yrs, Record company drama 24:25... Recording with Brian McKnight, Working with Prince for 3 yrs, Owning your rights, Country Girl, Being  Black problem 38:00... Stardom costs, No Air, Drinking hard, Fling Bankruptcy, Court battle, Earning minimum wage, Sympathy for the working poor 47:00... Bye bye Nashville, New man, Marriage and motherhood, Children's album, The itch to sing again 51:05... New album in 209, The Revival, Losing fans for speaking Black truths, Cookies for white artists, Mickey Guyton 61:10... BIPOC artists, Creating support for and granting new talent, Putting Black back in country 73:20... Julie Williams and the new consciousness, Color Me Country on Apple Music  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week on The Urban Parle' Podcast, we are finishing Black Music Month strong! Rissi Palmer, host of "Color Me Country Radio" on Apple Music is our special guest. She is an incredibly talented singer/songwriter, and is making history as an African American country music artist. Rolling Stones Magazine has even named her one of the 25 artist leading the music business into it's next golden age! Listen to her heart to heart conversation with host, Sandra Dubose, as they discuss everything from black music, to the joys and pains of marriage, to motherhood. Learn more at https://www.rissipalmermusic.com

We're back with episode 14 of the Holler Weekly podcast! This week, Baylen and Kelly are joined by Ty Herndon ahead of his Concert for Love and Acceptance, an annual celebration that uses the power of music and media to support the country music community and raise vital funds for LGBTQ+ youth and families. Now in its sixth year, Herndon created the first Concert for Love and Acceptance in 2015 shortly after he became the first male country artist to come out as gay. This year's star studded event will include appearances and performances by Brothers Osborne, Kristin Chenoweth, Terri Clark, Brooke Eden, Harper Grae, Chris Housman, Kathy Mattea, Rissi Palmer, Gretchen Peters, Tenille Townes, Walker County and Chase Wright. To close the episode, Baylen and Kelly discuss their favourite Blake Shelton (aka Kelly's BFF) songs, discussing their fond memories of one of country's biggest stars in celebration of his birthday. Check out the full features on Holler now: List: The Best Blake Shelton Songs - https://holler.country/spotlight/blake-shelton-songs To watch the Concert of Love and Acceptance, you can tune into live streams that will be broadcasted across all CMT channels, artists' websites and socials, and on Youtube. If you want to get in touch with Holler, here's how: EMAIL: howdy@holler.country TWITTER: @hollercountry INSTAGRAM: @hollercountry FACEBOOK: @HollerCountry Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: heythere@holler.country

In this special episode of Holler Weekly - friends, Apple Music Country radio presenters and industry trailblazers Kelly McCartney and Rissi Palmer have an open, no-holds-barred conversation about their work in diversifying country, Americana and roots music. Discussing Rissi's return to the Grand Ole Opry after 13 years, the role of country institutions in the drive for progression and overcoming toxic cultures, the pair ruminate on the past, present and future of the genres. Read the full feature here: In Conversation: Kelly McCartney with Rissi Palmer: https://holler.country/feature/in-conversation-kelly-mccartney-rissi-palmer Listen and subscribe to Rissi Palmer's Apple Music Country radio show, Color Me Country, here: https://music.apple.com/us/curator/color-me-country/1500977601 Listen and subscribe to Kelly McCartney's Apple Music radio show, Record Bin Radio, here: https://music.apple.com/us/curator/record-bin-radio-with-kelly-mccartney/1500975767 Rainey Day Fund assists BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and disabled artists, as well as others who add to the rich fabric of roots music. If you would like to learn more, or donate to the cause, head here: http://www.raineydayfund.org/ If you want to get in touch with Holler, here's how: EMAIL: howdy@holler.country TWITTER: @hollercountry INSTAGRAM: @hollercountry FACEBOOK: @holler.country Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: heythere@holler.country

This week on Holler Weekly, Baylen and Kelly discuss all the controversy surrounding the new release from Lil Nas X, the no-holds-barred conversation between Rissi Palmer and Kelly McCartney and talk to Holler contributor Nathan McLaren-Stewart about Outlaw Country's legacy and vision for today. Check out the full interviews on Holler now: In Conversation: Kelly McCartney with Rissi Palmer: https://holler.country/feature/in-conversation-kelly-mccartney-rissi-palmer A Guide To: Outlaw Country: https://holler.country/feature/a-guide-to-outlaw-country Be sure to subscribe for future episodes and also check out our website at www.holler.country If you want to get in touch with Holler, here's how: EMAIL: howdy@holler.country TWITTER: @hollercountry INSTAGRAM: @hollercountry FACEBOOK: @hollercountry Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: heythere@holler.country

“CBS This Morning” co-host Anthony Mason talks to country artists Vince Gill, Maren Morris, Ryan Hurd and Rissi Palmer about whether the genre and the country industry is going through a reckoning from top to bottom. Plus, only on "CBS This Morning," Vince Gill plays a brand new, unreleased song he recently wrote about the ongoing fight against racism in America.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.