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INTERVIEW: Jolie Holland Reveres Her "Haunted Mountain"

INTERVIEW: Jolie Holland Reveres Her "Haunted Mountain"

Haunted Mountain, the latest from Jolie Holland, (released 10/6) brims with poignant metaphors, alongside vivid, lyrical imagery meant to expand the collective imagination. Her words, delivered in her haunting, smokey lilt, stir the soul and shine a focused, unapologetic light on the tragedies of our time. She reckons with

Rainbow Ruckus 10/10: Joy Clark, Rett Madison, and Izzy Heltai!

Rainbow Ruckus 10/10: Joy Clark, Rett Madison, and Izzy Heltai!

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

Americanafest Releases Statement -- But Only to Members

Americanafest Releases Statement -- But Only to Members

Two Weeks Later, Silence From Americanafest

Two Weeks Later, Silence From Americanafest

To be fair, I’m writing this at 8 AM before I head out for the long weekend. It’s entirely possible that the Americana Music Association (AMA) will release something potentially embarrassing on the cusp of a long weekend when people are traveling and not paying much attention. Of

Mouths of Babes -- World Brand New

Mouths of Babes have honed their songwriting over decades of touring — both as a duo and separately. Ty Greenstein (Girlyman) and Ingrid Elizabeth (Coyote Grace.) The married couple bring their separate sensibilities to World Brand New: there’s no mistaking Elizabeth’s folk bona fides, while Greenstein brings a sense

Rainbow Ruckus 10/3: Jaime Wyatt, Julia Cannon, Adam Mac, and More!

Rainbow Ruckus 10/3: Jaime Wyatt, Julia Cannon, Adam Mac, 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

Country And Americana's Big Homophobic Weekend

Country And Americana's Big Homophobic Weekend

Something was in the water in the Southeast last weekend because, I tell ya, the Devil was hard at work. Last Thursday, gay country singer Adam Mac was disinvited from his hometown Tobacco Festival who had “questions about what kind of performance [he] would be putting on,” making sure he