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Episode 15: Julian Talamantez Brolaski

Episode 15: Julian Talamantez Brolaski

Julian Talamantez Brolaski is a poet and country crooner but, above all else, is a careful curator of traditional country music. Brolaski’s album It’s Okay Honey comes out today, replete with yodeling, cowboy guitar and, of course, heartbreak. Brolaski was also on the ground floor of Brooklyn’s

The Trans Roots of Queer Country Music

The Trans Roots of Queer Country Music

In this month’s episode of Rainbow Rodeo, trad country singer Julian Talamantez Brolaski discuss their time in Brooklyn in the 2010s: growing as an artist and a transmasc person. Brolaski was part of the circle of artists who helped create the Gay Ole Opry, Karen and the Sorrows’ regular

Rainbow Roundup 8/4: Video and the Country Star

Rainbow Roundup 8/4: Video and the Country Star

I’m back from my honeymoon and I’m here to tell you one thing: I hate music videos. Sorry — I know you guys spend a lot of money on them and, frankly, I’m pretty sure that’s how most people consume music these days. It’s certainly how

Flamy Grant -- Bible Belt Baby

Flamy Grant -- Bible Belt Baby

It’s really criminal of me to have taken so long to write Flamy Grant’s Bible Belt Baby up. It came out almost a year ago, and every time I sat down to write about it, I drew a blank. This is a Christian roots rock album by a

INTERVIEW: Rachel Garlin Just Does It

INTERVIEW: Rachel Garlin Just Does It

San Francisco’s Rachel Garlin can find inspiration from the unlikeliest places. Her recent The Ballad of Madelyne & Therese is a 13-song cycle about two lovers in New York in the 1940s. The project is rooted from an off-the-cuff “shitty first draft” of a song and is now both

Rainbow Ruckus 8/1: Shadwick Wilde, Jobi Riccio, Anjimile, and More!

Rainbow Ruckus 8/1: Shadwick Wilde, Jobi Riccio, Anjimile, and More!

You go away on your honeymoon for two weeks and the queer cowpokes keep cranking out amazing music! What the hell!!! That’s only a good thing, and our Rainbow Ruckus column will be a little bit longer for the next few weeks to make sure we’re all caught

INTERVIEW: Your Heart Breaks Works Hard to Build Space For All Fans

INTERVIEW: Your Heart Breaks Works Hard to Build Space For All Fans

With the release of their monumental The Wrack Line, Your Heart Breaks (a.k.a. Clyde Petersen) demonstrates their careful observation of a life well-lived. The song is a collection of collaborations, chronicling Petersen’s misadventures in the freak fold world. Petersen is also an accomplished filmmaker, and in our