Durham’s Rissi Palmer — The News & Observer’s Tar Heel of the Month — is gaining national recognition for confronting race-related issues and working to change country music.

For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has been a long road. A festival in Durham this weekend aims to remedy that.

WUNC's Leoneda Inge, country music artist Rissi Palmer, and film director Dilsey Davis pose for a selfie inside WUNC's studios in Durham, North Carolina, on March 17, 2023. Inge: “We also have ...

In 2007, Rissi Palmer became the first Black woman to have a country song reach a Billboard chart since Dona Mason in 1987. Palmer was acutely aware of the 20-year gap, which she came to ...

Two of the Black female country music artists Maren Morris recognized while accepting her Female Vocalist of the Year Award at the CMA Awards are from North Carolina. Rissi Palmer lives in Durham ...

Carolina National Golf Club in Bolivia, N.C., has been added to the portfolio of Arnold Palmer Golf Management. Pictured is the par-3 fifth hole of the 27-hole club’s Heron Course. The Sun News ...

Rissi Palmer's "Color Me Country" focuses on the Black, Indigenous, and Latinx histories of country music. It's INDY's Spring Member Drive! Help us reach our goal of 150 new members by the end of May.

Durham’s Rissi Palmer — The News & Observer’s Tar Heel of the Month — is gaining national recognition for confronting race-related issues and working to change country music.

Durham’s Rissi Palmer — The News & Observer’s Tar Heel of the Month — is gaining national recognition for confronting race-related issues and working to change country music.