Rissi Palmer Making History in Country Music

Hello, Diamonds,
Rissi Palmer is the first woman to hit the Billboard country music charts since 1987.
Discovering Rissi Palmer opened a whole new musical world for me. She was my entry into discovering the incredible Black women in country music. Growing up on country music I never saw us.
I discovered a group of women who sang about life as I understood it through a show called Color Me County. Some of the artists that I found were Miko Marks, Chapel Hart, Mikey Guyton, Rhiannon Giddens, and Allison Russell. Listening to their music felt like the first time I heard Jill Scott, Tracy Chapman, and Erykah Badu. Their music encapsulates the essence of Black womanhood.
Rissi joined us to share the journey of her career and the realities of being a Black woman in country music.
With Beyoncé’s spotlight on Black people in the country, it’s only fitting to hear from those who have been forging paths in the country for years.