R.L. Boyce has been played on NTS shows including Supporter Radio: Your Specialist Subject, with Granny, Will Your Dog Bite first played on 1 January 2025.

R.L. Boyce (born Robert L. Boyce in in Como, Mississippi, on 15 August 1955; died 9 November 2023) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

Boyce began his career in the early 1960s playing drums for his uncle, the fife and drum performer Othar Turner. Later he was the drummer for Jessie Mae Hemphill and is heard on her 1990 album, Feelin' Good.

His debut album, Ain't the Man's Alright, was released in 2013 and featured musicians including Cedric Burnside, Luther Dickinson, and Calvin Jackson.

His second album release, Roll and Tumble, was released on September 8, 2017, on Waxploitation Records. The album included the father and son double drumming team of Cedric Burnside (R. L. Burnside's grandson and drummer) and Calvin Jackson. Produced by Luther Dickinson and David Katznelson, the album was nominated for a 2018 Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Blues Album category.

In February 2023, he was named as one of nine National Heritage Fellowships by the US National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), alongside Roen Hufford, Elizabeth James-Perry, Luis Tapia, Wu Man, and others.