Rainbow Rodeo 5/13: Brye, Willi Carlisle, Rachael Sage, and More!
This week's queer country playlist gifts us with Irish ballads, psychedelia, spirits in the sky, and more!
Rachel Cholst
INTERVIEW: Avery Friedman Pinpoints Inspiration For Authentic Songs
In our interview, the Brooklyn-based artist Avery Friedman gives us insight into exploring songwriting and identity, key ingredients to her masterful debut album New Thing.
Bells Larsen -- Blurring Time
Bells Larsen's disciplined, poetic lyrics dissect the contradictory feelings of transition and dysphoria with the ruthlessness and efficiency of a cat with a bird on his stunning album Blurring Time.
INTERVIEW: Brooke Eden Wants You To Get On the Floor and "Giddy Up"
In our interview, we talk about Brook Eden's line dancing-driven tour, her new song "Giddy Up," and the ways that queer people have always had a place in country music.
Rainbow Ruckus 5/8: Abigail Austin, Lily Rose, Shamir, and More!
This week's Rainbow Ruckus features incredible singers, bitter exes, rejecting motherhood, new wave covers, and more!
INTERVIEW: Reid Parsons Is One With the Source
In our interview, Reid Parsons explains how they use music to connect to the Source, and how that connection informs everything else.
Lucy Dacus -- Forever is a Feeling
Lucy Dacus has never been sharper than on Forever is Feeling, a meditation on love's daily maintenance -- a soothing listen that will deftly kneecap you.