Rhonda Richmond

Multi instrumentalist, singer-songwriter Rhonda Richmond captures the smooth and verdant tones of her native Mississippi in her music. Steeped in the blues, peppered with jazz and a healthy dose of R&B and country, Ms. Richmond's music reveals a powerful spiritual component which illuminates the strong cultural ties between the Mississippi region and the West African nation of the Yoruba.Rhonda Richmond's first CD, Oshogbo Town, was released in March, 2001. The collection of seven original compositions and covers of Duke Ellington, Nina Simone, Muddy Waters, and Grover Washington, is a soul-stirring musical journey through the vast emotional landcape of the deity, Oshun.Her live and recording ensembles, always comprised of the regions best musicians, are an auditory feast of slide, electric and acoustic guitars, Delta percussions, and soulful bass and brass.