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PREMIERE: Edie McKenna Delivers a "Kick in the Shin"

Edie McKenna pulls no punches on the sunny pop hooks of “Kick in the Shin,” a spirited kiss-off to a toxic father. The Chicago-based singer-songwriter is probably best known for her project Modern Nun, but her upcoming EP For Edie is a solo affair that collects songs she wrote between

INTERVIEW: The Lower Aetna Unravel Mythology in the Pine Barrens

INTERVIEW: The Lower Aetna Unravel Mythology in the Pine Barrens

The Lower Aetna began as a lonely quarantine project by Dylan Gallimore. His previous band, the Philadelphia-based Honeyjar, had just taken an indefinite hiatus and Gallimore began to feverishly write — literally, since he was sick with COVID-19. After firing off a stadium rock-inspired album, Waiting for God to Turn on

Sadie Gustafson-Zook -- Where I Want to Be

Sadie Gustafson-Zook -- Where I Want to Be

Sadie Gustafson-Zook has an intriguingly off-kilter worldview on Where I Want to Be. This is an album for anyone who’s ever felt out of place — and could use the reassurance that they’re not the only one. Here, Gustafson-Zook demonstrates why she won the Kerrville Folk Festival’s 2022

Rainbow Rodeo 7/9: Melissa Ferrick, Izzy Heltai, Semler, and More!

Rainbow Rodeo 7/9: Melissa Ferrick, Izzy Heltai, Semler, 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? TK Inskeep is generously keeping an archive of all music featured

Rainbow Ruckus 7/3: Melissa Carper, Maren Morris, Jett Holden, and More!

Rainbow Ruckus 7/3: Melissa Carper, Maren Morris, Jett Holden, 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? TK Inskeep is generously keeping an archive of all music featured

Pride of Place: Riggings Takes Us on Tour Through Athens

Pride of Place: Riggings Takes Us on Tour Through Athens

Alex Riggs (Riggings) closes out our Pride Month column with a tour through Athens, GA. Athens is one of Riggings’ favorite queer country spots in the world, and in our interview she explains why. It’s a safe haven for artists and self-discovery — though, as Riggings explains, it could be

INTERVIEW: Kara Cole Bridges Political Divides With Music

INTERVIEW: Kara Cole Bridges Political Divides With Music

Kara Cole is familiar with difficult terrain. Cole was a folk hero in Indianapolis and beyond in her folk duo Keller and Cole, but she took time away from music in 2012 because she did not know if sobriety and performing could coincide. With this ode to her grandmother, “Mary