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INTERVIEW: ISMAY Finds Poetry in Home Ground Ahead of New Album Desert Pavement

INTERVIEW: ISMAY Finds Poetry in Home Ground Ahead of New Album Desert Pavement

When we last checked in with ISMAY, they had come off fresh from their appearance on the Apple TV+ reality show My Kind of Country and the release of their album Songs of Sonoma Mountain. As ISMAY explained in their interview with Staci B, they are a bluegrass lifer who

John Rodney -- Songs From the Closet

John Rodney -- Songs From the Closet

John Rodney took the memo “queer as in fuck you” and added country music to it. on Songs From the Closet, Rodney uses four songs to introduce himself to the world — and you won’t forget him easily. Rodney’s singing style is conversational and friendly — which leads to a

Jaime Wyatt -- Feel Good

Jaime Wyatt -- Feel Good

Jaime Wyatt’s capacity for transformation is on full display with her recent album Feel Good. For Wyatt, these reinventions are not an act of whimsy — it’s a matter of survival, as is made clear on this new cut. If Wyatt got famous for her brash outlaw country (literally

Julian Talamantez Brolaski -- It's Okay, Honey

Julian Talamantez Brolaski -- It's Okay, Honey

Julian Talamantez Brolaski understands rhythm. As a poet, their grasp of sound, rhythm, and silence permeates the traditional country sounds of It’s Okay, Honey. Brolaski was a guest a few months ago on the Rainbow Rodeo podcast, but as the Earth slowly wends its way towards the completion of

Jolie Holland -- Haunted Mountain

Jolie Holland -- Haunted Mountain

Jolie Holland is a powerful force on her recent album Haunted Mountain. As we learned in our interview, Holland is a deep thinker and her thirst for radical change comes through not just in her lyrics — but the music itself. Country music/Americana/what have you is typically a lyrics-first

Rainbow Ruckus 11/14: Hurray For the Riff Raff, Austin Lucas, Laura Jane Grace, and More!

Rainbow Ruckus 11/14: Hurray For the Riff Raff, Austin Lucas, Laura Jane Grace, and More!

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 Inskeep is generously keeping an archive of all music featured

INTERVIEW: Rett Madison Knows It's Not Your Fault

INTERVIEW: Rett Madison Knows It's Not Your Fault

With the release of last week’s One For Jackie, Rett Madison has shown herself to be a hard-hitting and intimate songwriter. Contributor Asha Swann reviewed the album for Rainbow Rodeo, but now we have a chance to hear from Madison herself about the process of recording this stunner, dive