This Spring, the OA will focus on food.
Through fresh reporting, in-depth profiles, and daring personal essays, this issue will explore what we eat: people, industries, and tastes that both build and challenge our ideas of Southern food.
Rissi Palmer
About
Rissi Palmer has received widespread media attention in national publications including Ebony, Billboard, People, Newsweek, Huffington Post, Rolling Stone, the Wall Street Journal, and more. She has performed on CBS Mornings, CNN, and Oprah & Friends, as well as at the White House, Lincoln Center, and the Grand Ole Opry. Palmer made music history in 2007 with the release of her Top 40 debut single, “Country Girl,” becoming the first African American female to chart a country song since 1987. She is now the host of the Apple Music show Color Me Country Radio w/ Rissi Palmer.