Academy Award-Winning Film · 2026
Featured in Sinners
The Rising Stars contributed to the soundtrack and score of Ryan Coogler's Sinners — winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Original Score, and the most-nominated film in Oscar history. The band recorded their version of "My Babe" for the film's Mississippi Delta train-station scene, in which they also appear on screen, and are featured on "Wang Dang Doodle" from the official soundtrack.
Cover Story
- Living BluesCover feature — "Sharde Thomas-Mallory: The Evolution of Fife and Drum" (Issue #293)
- Grammy WinnerFeatured in the Grammy-winning film Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
- Memphis Blues SocietyWinner, 2024 Best Self-Produced CD — Evolution of Fife and Drum Music 2
- SmithsonianSelected for the "Festival of Festivals" — America 250 (2026)
- PBSMississippi Roads — "Fifes, Drums, Goats, and Family"
- Voices of Mississippi2022 tour of the stage production drawn from William Ferris's Grammy-winning box set
- Marquee VenuesLincoln Center (NYC) · The Ryman (Nashville) · festivals across France, Switzerland & the UK