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You can catch our episode of Celebrity Family Feud this Tuesday, July 30 at 8p et/7pm ct on your local ABC station (and on Hulu on demand after that)!!! A HUGE thank you to my loves The War & Treaty…

I'm so excited to announce Center Stage: The Wavemakers Series, my partnership with The Carolina Theatre in Durham, NC. The series was created to celebrate diverse voices and provide a platform for discovering new artists from a variety of backgrounds…

Multi-award-winning singer and actress Audra McDonald will host the broadcast premiere of In the Making season two, which highlights opera singer J’Nai Bridges and country music artist Rissi Palmer, on March 24. The new season focuses on nine artists across

A HUGE thank you to Sarah Rodman and the New York Times for writing and running this piece. I also want to thank the beautiful, talented, and courageous women in this article who made this such a heart warming…

Thank you to Walter Magazine and David Menconi for this lovely piece on me and Color Me Country Radio.  Check it out HERE...also, if y'all knew how long I've wanted to take a picture in a Huey Newton…

To have Essence, a magazine devoted to telling the stories and acknowledging the beauty of black women, cover this conversation between Mickey Guyton and I for Color Me Country Radio means more than I can express with words…

A BIG thank you to Stacia, Frank, and everyone at The State of Things for having me on the show! You can hear our conversation HERE. 

I had an absolute BALL talking with Hunter and Ashley. We discuss my new Apple Music Country series, “Color Me Country Radio w/ Rissi Palmer .” The show shines a light on the rich history of Black, Indigenous and…

Thank you Sarah Edwards, Jade Wilson, and INDY Week for the cover, the picture, and the story. You can read the story HERE. 

"I’ve just learned to stay focused on my mission and my passion. Anything that takes away from that is a distraction. I know who I am and what I bring to the table."

A HUGE thank you to…

In the early days of quarantine, I was invited by Skylar Gudasz and Southern Cultures to record a song that brings me comfort. Comfort is a commodity these days...Anyway, I performed a song that has meant a lot to…

I am honored that Pierce Freelon asked me to be a part of this beautiful family album. Children’s music has been a love of mine since I became a mommy; the messages that our children get are…

On Wednesday, March 25, I will be playing a 30 min set at 4pm eastern from my home on Stageit as part of the Shut in and Sing festival. Artists Megan McCormick, John Smith, and, Robert Randolph &amp…

DUE TO COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, THE MARCH 15TH EDITION OF COUNTRY SOUL IS NOW A LIVE-STREAM ONLY EVENT! You can find the livestream feed at: countrysoulsongbook.com (I will also have the show on Facebook live on…

"You Were Here (Sage's Song)", from my new album Revival, was written during the lowest of lows for a child I would never get to hold. The stats are that 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage and…

Thank you so much to Heart & Soul Magazine and George Littlejohn​ for this interview/feature article!!! I'm discussing life, therapy, working on my fitness, and Revival....check it out HERE!!!

Country Soul Songbook is a high-energy community celebration that spotlights alternative voices in country-soul-Americana music-- a quarterly, seasonal, Durham-centric concert series (and Potluck!) featuring local musicians, AND an online episodic documentary series highlighting artists, Durham culture, and the…

 A HUGE thank you to Amina at Black Pepper Magazine for this wonderful interview and for the wonderful work she does. You hear our conversation by click HERE

Thank you so much to Frank Stacio, Grant and everyone at The State of Things for having us...we had a ball!!! You can read the article and hear the interview by clicking HERE. 

It was a tremendous honor to be included in this series of intimate concerts with Tift Merritt and The Kruger Brothers and I'm really excited for you all to see the finished product!!! In Studio with Rissi Palmer will…

Thank you to Mark Kemp, Eddie Huffman, Eric Waters, Dean Driver, and the beautiful Doodad Farm for having me and including me. If you haven't been there to see a show, you're really missing out. You can read about…

I will be playing my new album, Revival, in it's entirety at The ArtsCenter at Carrboro on Thursday, August 22. There will be special appearances by Al Strong, Shana Tucker, Gordon Hartin, Omar Ruiz-Lopez & Lizzy Ross from…

You and your guests are invited to an exclusive, intimate In Studio concert by Rissi Palmer! 

As a local complement to the next Ken Burns’ blockbuster documentary, Country Music, UNC-TV Public Media North Carolina presents In Studio, a…

Confession: The night I found out I was pregnant with Grace, I was terrified. B and I had only been married 4 months,  I had just gotten out of my record deal and was preparing to go to LA…