Singer and songwriter Rissi Palmer and journalist and radio host Kelly McCartney, two passionate supporters of marginalized artists in country and roots music, have come together to establish the ...

Petter Ericson Stakee and Jamie Biden (yep, Vice President Joe Biden's nephew) first got together collaborate on a movie score that never actually happened, but it wasn't a total bust. While working ...

The country musician Rissi Palmer settles into a chair in her Durham studio. Behind her is a blackboard where she’s scrawled to-do lists, a Quincy Jones quote, and her three-month goals. She’s such an ...

Jamey Johnson's "In Color" would be higher on this list of the Top Country Songs of the Century if it was based purely on artist and songwriter opinion. It's the most frequently named song, or at ...

Before there was conversation over whether Beyoncé is country enough for country music, there was the Black Opry, holding space for music lovers and artists of color in the genre. The organization ...

Rissi Palmer is a passionate voice for country artists of color and those who have been marginalized in mainstream country music. In an effort to spotlight Black, Latinx and indigenous country artists ...

This love of muddy greens surfaced in multiple 2026 Color of the Year reports, with Valspar naming Warm Eucalyptus, Dunn-Edwards naming Midnight Garden, and Behr naming the more blue-hued Hidden Gem ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with country singer Rissi Palmer about her radio show, "Color Me Country." It celebrates the music of Black, brown and indigenous country musicians. And finally today, by ...

In spring, the North Coast generously rolls out its colors to sweeten the views, especially with the ubiquitous golden mustard among the vineyards of Napa and Sonoma. For the wide sheets of color that ...

This story appears in Rolling Stone‘s 2021 Future of Music issue, a special project delving into the next era of the multibillion-dollar hitmaking business. Read the other stories here. Rissi Palmer, ...

COPPER HARBOR, MICH. -- Fall in Michigan’s remote Keweenaw Peninsula is already spectacular to behold, but this year the color tour possibilities are even greater. In addition to the Keweenaw’s ...