Amplifying Inclusion: A Conversation with Rissi Palmer of Color Me Country Radio

This roundtable features Rissi Palmer, the celebrated Black woman country artist and host of Color Me Country Radio. She has been making waves in mainstream country music since the 2007 single “Country Girl” received national attention. Her most recent album is Revival, released in 2019. Sumanth Gopinath (School of Music), the bandleader of The Gated Community, and Yolanda Williams (African American & African Studies), an opera singer and performer who works across classical, jazz, blues, and gospel genres, will be in conversation with Rissi Palmer to explore her artistry, lifework, and key interventions in country music. The roundtable will be moderated by Patrick Warfield, Professor and Director of the School of Music at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.  

This School of Music event is free & open to the public.