Every week, Rainbow Rodeo brings you the best new queer country music! Listen to this playlist on Spotify! Thanks to Elliott for making a parallel list on Apple Music! Listen to the parallel list on Tidal. Missed a week? TA Inskeep is generously keeping an archive of all music featured on this Spotify playlist.
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- Laura Jane Grace and the Mississippi Medicals enters her freak folk era with “All Fucked Out.” The song is a lo-fi reggae groove with goofy voices, novelty instruments, and the resignation that this partnership is well and truly over.
- Jett Holden tells epic love songs of the “West Virginia Sky” on this heartfelt ballad. It’ speaks to Holden’s poetic capabilities as well as his powerhouse voice.
- Keep for Cheap fulfill dreams I never had of Sapphic John Mellencamp-inspired heartland rock. “FedEx” is a cheery rejection of conservative values with enough bite to give us the energy to fight back.
- Granddogs have an album coming up on August 20th, so let’s preview what’s in store with “Wither on the Vine.” The song is a fierce expression of grief for a friend who can’t seem to cut the cord on a bad relationship (possibly with a hint of unrequited love in there? Messy!) But what’s not are the intricate arrangements in the song and Granddogs’ epic performance.
- Grover Anderson recommended this song on our Rainbow Rodeo Discord. (Want in? Drop us a line on social media.) A Strange Bird unfurls an elegant plea on “Dance in the Rain.” A Strange Bird’s raspy vocals and expert finger-picking create an intriguing tension that will make you want to join in the dance.