Due South visits 'My Black Country' with Alice Randall, Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer

BIPOC
By
Alice Randall
April 19, 2024
Due South
Podcast

Co-host Leoneda Inge chats with Randall, who joined us from Nashville Public Radio's studios, about her life, her memoir and the compilation album that accompanies it, My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall. Later, two artists featured on that album stop by our WUNC studios to chat with Leoneda Inge. Pulitzer Prize-winning singer and musician Rhiannon Giddens talks about her personal experiences with country music audiences and her involvement on Beyonce's single, "Texas Hold 'Em". Singer-songwriter Rissi Palmer weighs in on what it was like to be a "traditional" country music artist in her early career, including being the first Black woman in 20 years to make the country charts with her 2007 single, "Country Girl."

read
Podcast
Rissi Pamler and Rhiannon Giddens
Photo Credit:

resources

decorative diamond background

Website

bipoc icondisabled iconlgbtq icon

Black Opry

Home for Black artists and Black fans of country, blues, folk, and Americana music.

decorative diamond background

Website

bipoc icondisabled iconlgbtq icon

The Rhapsody Project

Building community through our roots. The Rhapsody Project is a community that explores and celebrates music and heritage through an anti-racist lens.

decorative diamond background

Playlist

bipoc icondisabled iconlgbtq icon

Gay Ole Opry Playlist

Karen & the Sorrows have been building queer country community in Brooklyn by running the Queer Country Quarterly and the Gay Ole Opry (gayoleopry.com) since 2011. Most of these bands have come to play for us, but some we're still wishing on!

Stay connected

The latest curated news, events, new releases and featured profiles and resources delivered to your inbox weekly.
Something went wrong. Please try again.
Thank you! Your submission has been received