The 2025 Rainbow Rodeo Reader's Survey
Before we hurtle into 2026 proper, let's take a moment to look at our readers' favorite albums from 2025 -- plus their top queer country moments and hopes for 2026.
Rachel Cholst
Your Unofficial Queer Country Guide to the 2026 Folk Alliance International Conference
If you're lucky enough to be in New Orleans for Folk Alliance International, you're lucky enough to be surrounded by queer country music! Read our guide of queer country artists to check out this weekend!
Rainbow Ruckus 1/21: Jobi Riccio, Anjimile, Grace Givertz, and More!
This week's Rainbow Ruckus features soft-spoken steel resolve, pulsing desire, heartbreaking films, bitter rock'n'roll, and fiercely trans country music.
INTERVIEW: Brett & The Cassette Want You to Activate Your Inner Smile
Brett & The Cassette invite you to activate your inner smile and be yourself fully on their charming self-titled album. In our interview, lead singer Gary Cawker is adamantly himself.
INTERVIEW: Iris Marlowe's Haunting World
In our interview, Chicago's gothicana specialist Iris Marlowe reveals how Sam Raimi inspired her newest album, her path to country music, and why it's so important to create the community we've been searching for this whole time.
Rainbow Ruckus 1/13: Elly Kace, Joy Oladokun, Mila Jam, and More!
This week's Rainbow Ruckus features pink skies, pro wrestlers, birds, trans rage, and pop country heartbreak.
The Year-End Roundup 2025
Before going on hiatus until January 15, editor Rachel Cholst highlights this year's trends and triumphs in queer country music -- and what's next for Rainbow Rodeo.