A rough draft of this essay appeared on Friday’s Rainbow Rodeo newsletter For those of you who are not familiar, Country Radio Seminar is the industry event where radio programmers meet up and make totally-not-payola deals with the major record…
Molly O’Leary makes a breathtaking debut on their album Marigold. The Worcester, MA-based artist delivers suckerpunch after suckerpunch on the spare album, produced by fellow songsmith Will Hoge. Marigold takes us on a journey through O’Leary’s healing process and is…
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Is there anything gayer than the Catholic Church? Don’t answer that — but rebelling against years of indoctrination has been a compelling subject for decades of queer artists, and Creekbed Carter Hogan brings some country flair to his. “When I…
We’re calling it right now: The Past Is Still Alive by Hurray For the Riff Raff is one of the best albums of this year. Alynda Segarra, the constant behind Hurray For the Riff Raff’s swirling lineup, has poured their…
Nan Macmillan brings a dreamy quality to her music, much like the subconscious truths that seep into our sleeping minds. It’s up to us if we recognize them when we wake up. The Charlottesville, VA singer-songwriter has no problem cutting…
Rita De Los Angeles’ latest country music dispatch arrives from Germany in the form of a tender waltz, “Slow Dancing.” De Los Angeles may be familiar to lesbians in San Franciso, New York, and LA for her cafe Little Frida’s…
Sometimes, New York is just a small town. I met Damon Beirne while standing online outside a party for FlameCon, the queer comic book convention, back in 2015 or so. We hung out a few times after that but life…
Shannon Vetter celebrates the sweet release of letting go the people who are bad for you on “Boundaries, Baby.” Vetter, who played the sax on their latest single, invokes a New Orleans second line as they celebrate the passing of…
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? Thomas…