"Thanks to his passionate delivery and gift for interpretation, Owens successfully proves that the songs of Johnny Cash belong every bit in the soul canon as they do in country." - Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone Magazine 

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Country Living Magazine let me to contribute to a conversation on a subject near and dear to me...the music of Patsy Cline (thanks SRW and Perri Blumberg)!!! Check out the interview HERE...

Check the article out HERE and purchase tickets HERE. 

A HUGE thank you to Anita, Frank Stasio, and NPR's The State of Things for having me on the show. If you missed it, check out this video of the interview HERE as well as their write up and audio…

Rissi will be appearing on Friday, July 15 at 5:30pm at Durham Central Park as a part of the Warehouse Blues Series. Check out Durham Magazine's write up of the show HERE.

I was asked to give my take on the "controversy" over Beyonce's song "Daddy Lessons" from her new album Lemonade being played on Country radio stations nationwide. You can check out the Pop Dust article HERE and the Flavorwire piece …